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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 14, 2012; 18(26): 3400-3408
Published online Jul 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i26.3400
Retrograde-viewing device improves adenoma detection rate in colonoscopies for surveillance and diagnostic workup
Peter D Siersema, Amit Rastogi, Anke M Leufkens, Paul A Akerman, Kassem Azzouzi, Richard I Rothstein, Frank P Vleggaar, Alessandro Repici, Giacomo Rando, Patrick I Okolo, Olivier Dewit, Ana Ignjatovic, Elizabeth Odstrcil, James East, Pierre H Deprez, Brian P Saunders, Anthony N Kalloo, Bradley Creel, Vikas Singh, Anne Marie Lennon, Daniel C DeMarco
Peter D Siersema, Anke M Leufkens, Frank P Vleggaar, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Amit Rastogi, Vikas Singh, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128, United States
Paul A Akerman, Department of Gastroenterology, Bayside Endoscopy Center, 33 Staniford Street, Providence, RI 02905, United States
Kassem Azzouzi, Olivier Dewit, Pierre H Deprez, Department of Gastroenterology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium
Richard I Rothstein, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States
Alessandro Repici, Giacomo Rando, Department of Gastroenterology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, 20089 Rozzano, Italy
Patrick I Okolo, Anthony N Kalloo, Anne Marie Lennon, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Ana Ignjatovic, James East, Brian P Saunders, Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St. Mark’s Hospital, Harrow HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Odstrcil, Bradley Creel, Daniel C DeMarco, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246, United States
Author contributions: Siersema PD, Rastogi A, Akerman PA, Azzouzi K, Rothstein RI, Vleggaar FP, Repici A, Rando G, Okolo PI, Dewit O, Ignjatovic A, Odstrcil E, East J, Saunders BP, Kalloo AN, Lennon AM and DeMarco DC performed the endoscopy procedures; Leufkens AM, Ignjatovic A, Deprez PH, Creel B, Singh V and Lennon AM coordinated and collected the data; Rastogi A, Akerman PA, Vleggaar FP, Repici A, Dewit O, Ignjatovic A, Odstrcil E, East J, Deprez PH, Creel B, Singh V, Lennon AM and DeMarco DC were involved in editing the manuscript; Siersema PD and Leufkens AM designed the study, analyzed the data and wrote the paper.
Supported by A grant from Avantis Medical Systems, in part
Correspondence to: Peter D Siersema, MD, PhD, Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. p.d.siersema@umcutrecht.nl
Telephone: +31-30-2506274 Fax: +31-30-2505533
Received: September 28, 2011
Revised: March 23, 2012
Accepted: April 2, 2012
Published online: July 14, 2012
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