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The prone 12 o'clock position reduces ileal intubation time during colonoscopy compared to the left lateral 6 o'clock (standard) position

BACKGROUND: Ileal intubation is the gold standard for a complete colonoscopy. However, despite evidence of clinical benefit ileoscopy is not always attempted due to perceived technical difficulty. Our aim was to compare time taken for ileal intubation using a new position-the prone 12 o'clock p...

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Autores principales: De Silva, Arjuna P, Kumarasena, Ravindu S, Perera Keragala, Suramya D, Kalubowila, Udaya, Niriella, Madunil, Dassanayake, Anuradha S, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, de Silva, H Janaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160404/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21816067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-11-89