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A hydraulically driven colonoscope

BACKGROUND: Conventional colonoscopy requires a high degree of operator skill and is often painful for the patient. We present a preliminary feasibility study of an alternative approach where a self-propelled colonoscope is hydraulically driven through the colon. METHODS: A hydraulic colonoscope whi...

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Autores principales: Coleman, Stuart A., Tapia-Siles, Silvia C., Pakleppa, Markus, Vorstius, Jan B., Keatch, Robert P., Tang, Benjie, Cuschieri, Alfred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27450210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00464-016-4784-2