Quality assessment of colonoscopic cecal intubation: an analysis of 6 years of continuous practice at a university hospital.

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Published in Am J Gastroenterol on February 22, 2006

Authors

Florence Aslinia1, Lance Uradomo, Allison Steele, Bruce D Greenwald, Jean-Pierre Raufman

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA.

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