Graduated injection needles and snares for polypectomy are useful for measuring colorectal polyp size

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-394

  Hyun, Yil Sik ^a   Han, Dong Soo ^a   Bae, Joong Ho ^a   Park, Hye Sun ^a   Eun, Chang Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colon; Colonic polyps; Colonoscopes; Observer variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON POLYP; DEVICE; FEMALE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEEDLE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES;

EID: 79953276644     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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