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A practical aid in colonoscopy

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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The efficient performance of colonoscopy, as well as colonoscopic biopsy, polypectomy and even photography, can be enhanced by use of the colonoscope holder/stabilizer. Moreover, with the gastroenterology nurse “set free”, she or he can now focus attention to the all-important patient monitoring. Colonoscopic procedures can be done more expeditiously with the instrument described here.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois

    Ernesto B. Eusebio M.D.

  2. Springfield Clinic, 1025 South Seventh Street, 62703, Springfield, Illinois

    Ernesto B. Eusebio M.D.

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Eusebio, E.B. A practical aid in colonoscopy. Dis Colon Rectum 32, 996–997 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552281

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