Managing difficult polyps: Techniques and pitfalls

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-121

  Tholoor, Shareef ^a   Tsagkournis, Orestis ^a   Basford, Peter ^a   Bhandari, Pradeep ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonic polyp; Colonoscopy; Complications; EMR; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

APPENDIX; COLON ADENOMA; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON POLYP; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIATHERMY; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENDOLOOP; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION; HUMAN; LATERALLY SPREADING TUMOR; LEARNING CURVE; NEOPLASM; PEDUNCULATED POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPOLYPECTOMY SYNDROME; RECTUM POLYP; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SMSA SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84875973856     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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