Transparent-cap-fitted colonoscopy shows higher performance with cecal intubation time in difficult cases

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1953-1958

  Kim, Hyung Hun ^a   Park, Seun Ja ^a   Park, Moo In ^a   Moon, Won ^a   Kim, Sung Eun ^a  

^a Kosin University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cap fitted colonoscopy; Cecal intubation; Colonoscopy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADENOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAP FITTED COLONOSCOPY; CECAL INTUBATION TIME; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84860457524     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1953     Document Type: Article

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