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Effect of a proprietary intraluminal stiffening wire device on cecal intubation time and rate with used colonoscopes; a randomized, controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Colonoscopes are designed with balance between flexibility, required to negotiate angulations, and stiffness, required to counteract the propensity for looping in unfixed sections of the colon, which retards advancement of the instrument. Colonoscopy can be challenging with old instrumen...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23379922 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-48 |