Gastroenterology
Volume 135, Issue 6 , Pages 1892-1898, December 2008

Effect of Institution-Wide Policy of Colonoscopy Withdrawal Time ≥7 Minutes on Polyp Detection

  • Mandeep S. Sawhney

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Mandeep S. Sawhney, MBBS, MS, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, RABB-ROSE 101, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. fax: (617) 667-1171
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  • Marcelo S. Cury

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Naama Neeman

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Long H. Ngo

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Janet M. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ram Chuttani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Douglas K. Pleskow

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Mark D. Aronson

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 4 February 2008; accepted 20 August 2008. published online 28 August 2008.

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 Supported by a grant from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

 The authors disclose the following: No conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01519-9

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.08.024

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