A prospective study of endoscopist-blinded colonoscopy withdrawal times and polyp detection rates in a tertiary hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1356, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Lim, Gary ^a   Viney, Sharon K ^a   Chapman, Bruce A ^a   Frizelle, Frank A ^a   Gearry, Richard B ^b  

^a Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLONOSCOPY WITHDRAWAL TIME; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM CANCER; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862190608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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