Overutilization of post-polypectomy surveillance colonoscopy in clinical practice: A prospective, multicentre study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 748-753

  Radaelli, Franco ^a   Paggi, Silvia ^a   Bortoli, Aurora ^b   De Pretis, Giovanni ^c  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Guido Salvini   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Post polypectomy colonoscopy; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYPECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; WORKLOAD;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864409133     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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