Feasibility of the transparent cap-fitted colonoscope for screening and mucosal resection
- 1 May 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 40 (5) , 618-621
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02055390
Abstract
PURPOSE:A transparent plastic cap of 17 mm in outer diameter, 15 mm in inner diameter, and 10 mm in length can be easily attached to the tip of a colonoscope. By using the cap, a better view of the lesions hiding at the opposite side of the fold can be obtained. When a flat colonic lesion isKeywords
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