Miss rate of right-sided colon examination during colonoscopy defined by retroflexion: An observational study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-252

  Hewett, David G ^a,b   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; DESCENDING COLON; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSAL CRACK; MUCOSAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PETECHIA; POLYPOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROXIMAL COLON RETROFLEXION; SCREENING TEST;

ADENOMA; CECAL NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79960936805     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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