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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 7, 2009; 15(41): 5186-5192
Published online Nov 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5186
Published online Nov 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.5186
CO2 insufflation for potentially difficult colonoscopies: Efficacy when used by less experienced colonoscopists
Toshio Uraoka, Department of Endoscopy, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Jun Kato, Motoaki Kuriyama, Keisuke Hori, Shin Ishikawa, Keita Harada, Koji Takemoto, Sakiko Hiraoka, Hideyuki Fujita, Joichiro Horii, Kazuhide Yamamoto, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Yutaka Saito, Division of Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Author contributions: Uraoka T planed this work; Uraoka T, Kato J, Kuriyama M, Harada K, Ishikawa S, Takemoto K, Hiraoka S, Fujita H and Horii J collected clinical data; Uraoka T and Kato J drafted this manuscript; Hori K performed statistical analysis; Saito Y and Yamamoto K directed this work.
Supported by The Japanese Foundation for Research and Promotion of Endoscopy (JFE)
Correspondence to: Toshio Uraoka, MD, PhD, Department of Endoscopy, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. turaoka@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
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Received: July 27, 2009
Revised: September 1, 2009
Accepted: September 8, 2009
Published online: November 7, 2009
Revised: September 1, 2009
Accepted: September 8, 2009
Published online: November 7, 2009
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