Variable stiffness colonoscope versus regular adult colonoscope: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Endoscopy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Othman, M O ^a   Bradley, A G ^a   Choudhary, A ^b   Hoffman, R M ^a   Roy, P K ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULAR ADULT COLONOSCOPE; SEDATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VARIABLE STIFFNESS COLONOSCOPE; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 64149109204     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1103488     Document Type: Article

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