Evolving techniques in colonoscopy

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 430-438

  Vemulapalli, Krishna C ^a   Rex, Douglas K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

advances in colonoscopy; cap fitted colonoscopy; real time histology; Third Eye Retroscope; water immersion

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CAP FITTED COLONOSCOPY; CHROMOENDOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOODED COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEDATION; WATER IMMERSION;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; DEEP SEDATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; WATER;

EID: 80051783980     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e328349cfc0     Document Type: Review

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