Gastroenterology trainees can easily learn histologic characterization of diminutive colorectal polyps with narrow band imaging

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 997-1003.e1

  Patel, Swati G ^a   Rastogi, Amit ^b   Austin, Gregory ^a   Hall, Matthew ^a   Siller, Brittany A ^a   Berman, Kenneth ^b   Yen, Roy ^a   Bansal, Ajay ^b   Ahnen, Dennis J ^b   Wani, Sachin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Colorectal polyps; Endoscopic training; Narrow band imaging (NBI)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL POLYP; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NARROW BAND IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84880589615     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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