Routine rectal retroflexion during colonoscopy has a low yield for neoplasia

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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2008; 14(42): 6503-6505
Published online Nov 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.6503

Routine rectal retroflexion during colonoscopy has a low yield for neoplasia

Abdo Saad, Douglas Kevin Rex

Abdo Saad, Douglas Kevin Rex, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States

Author contributions: Rex DK designed research; Rex DK performed colonoscopies; Saad A collected data; Saad A, Rex Dk analyzed data; Saad A, Rex DK wrote the paper.

Correspondence to: Douglas Kevin Rex, MD, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N; University Boulevard UH 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States. drex@iupui.edu

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Received: July 14, 2008
Revised: October 9, 2008
Accepted: October 16, 2008
Published online: November 14, 2008

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