Risk factors for colonic perforation after screening computed tomographic colonography: A multicentre analysis and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Screening

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-102

  Atalla, Mohamed Anwar ^a   Rozen, Warren M ^a   Niewiadomski, Olga Dorota ^b   Croxford, Matthew A ^a   Cheung, Wa ^c   Ho, Yik Hong ^d  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954941095     PISSN: 09691413     EISSN: 14755793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jms.2010.010042     Document Type: Review

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