The cap-assisted technique enhances colonoscopy training: Prospective randomized study of six trainees

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2939-2943

  Park, Sang Man ^a   Lee, Soon Hak ^a   Shin, Keun Young ^a   Heo, Jun ^a   Sung, Sang Hun ^a   Park, Soon Hong ^a   Choi, So Young ^a   Lee, Dong Wook ^a   Park, Hyun Gu ^a   Lee, Hyun Seok ^a   Jeon, Seong Woo ^a   Kim, Sung Kook ^a   Jung, Min Kyu ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cap assisted colonoscopy; Cecal intubation rate; Cecal intubation time; Trainees

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CECUM; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84871619784     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2288-2     Document Type: Article

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