Right-sided adenoma detection with retroflexion versus forward-view colonoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 608-613

  Chandran, Sujievvan ^a,f   Parker, Frank ^a   Vaughan, Rhys ^a,f   Mitchell, Brent ^b,c   Fanning, Scott ^b,c   Brown, Gregor ^d,e   Yu, Jenny ^a   Efthymiou, Marios ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LAUNCESTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Calvary Health Care   (Australia)

^d Alfred Health ^*  (Australia)

^e EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CECUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON; COLON ADENOMA; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIST; FEMALE; FORWARD VIEW COLONOSCOPY; HEPATIC FLEXURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYP; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROFLEXION COLONOSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923297541     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.08.039     Document Type: Article

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