Endoscopic resection and histological evaluation of colorectal polyps: Is it a definitive treatment?

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-120

  Zois, Christos D ^a   Christodoulou, Dimitrios K ^a   Katsanos, Konstantinos H ^a   Sigounas, Dimitrios ^a   Batistatou, Anna ^a   Hatzia, Vasiliki ^a   Marcon, Norman ^b   Tsianos, Epameinondas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Colorectal polyps; Complications; Endoscopic follow up; Endoscopic polypectomy; Histological classification

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADENOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM POLYP; SIGMOID; TUBULOVILLOUS ADENOMA;

EID: 79960875957     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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