Third eye retroscope: Rationale, efficacy, challenges

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Mucosal exposure; Polyps; Retrograde imaging

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; REVIEW; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS;

EID: 67449083273     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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