Colonic endoscopic mucosal resection of large polyps: Is it safe in the very elderly?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 701-705

  Gómez, Victoria ^a   Racho, Ronald G ^a   Woodward, Timothy A ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a   Raimondo, Massimo ^a   Bouras, Ernest P ^a   Lukens, Frank J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal lesions; Complication rates; Endoscopic mucosal resection; Octogenarian patient; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON ADENOMA; COLON ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; COLON POLYP; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBULOVILLOUS ADENOMA; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOMA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANESTHESIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84904754683     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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