CO2 insufflation for potentially difficult colonoscopies: Efficacy when used by less experienced colonoscopists

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 41, 2009, Pages 5186-5192

  Uraoka, Toshio ^a   Kato, Jun ^b   Kuriyama, Motoaki ^b   Hori, Keisuke ^b   Ishikawa, Shin ^b   Harada, Keita ^b   Takemoto, Koji ^b   Hiraoka, Sakiko ^b   Fujita, Hideyuki ^b   Horii, Joichiro ^b   Saito, Yutaka ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Difficult colonoscopy; Experienced colonoscopist; Training

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CECUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PELVIS SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 73449139752     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.5186     Document Type: Article

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