Water exchange may be superior to water immersion for colonoscopy

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1012-1014

  Leung, Felix W ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; EDITORIAL; INSERTIONAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTUBATION; PAIN; SEDATION; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER IMMERSION;

COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION; MALE;

EID: 82955248097     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.09.007     Document Type: Editorial

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