Polypectomy techniques for difficult colon polyps

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 342-346

  Mönkemüller, Klaus ^a   Neumann, Helmut ^a   Fry, Lucia C ^a   Ivekovic, Hrvoje ^b   Malfertheiner, Peter ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colon; Mucosectomy; Polyp; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

CECUM; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COLON POLYP; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOPSY; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS;

EID: 59649120964     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177020     Document Type: Review

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