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Impact of Proximal Colon Retroflexion on Adenoma Miss Rates

Matthew Harrison, Navjot Singh, Douglas K. Rex

The American Journal of Gastroenterology · 2004 · 136 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A second examination by retroflexion in the proximal colon did not increase the calculated miss rate relative to that performed by a forward view examination. These results do not support the addition of routine right colon retroflexion to colonoscopy.

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