Colonoscopy in the octogenarian population: Diagnostic and survival outcomes from a large series of patients

Surgeon

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 195-199

  Khan, Shakeeb ^a   Ahmed, Jamil ^a   Lim, Michael ^a   Owais, Anwar ^a   McNaught, Clare ^a   Mainprize, Karl ^a   Babu, Sathish ^a   Renwick, Ian ^a   MacFie, John ^a   Mitchell, Charles ^a  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal cancer; CT colonoscopy; Octogenarians

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79958842894     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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