What are the benefits of the variable-stiffness colonoscope?

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Brian P Saunders et al. Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Jan.

. 2008 Jan;5(1):8-9.

doi: 10.1038/ncpgasthep0980. Epub 2007 Oct 30.

¹ Wolfson Unit for Endoscopy, St Mark's Hospital, London, UK. b.saunders@imperial.ac.uk

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Use of a variable-stiffness colonoscope decreases the dose of patient-controlled sedation during colonoscopy: a randomized comparison of 3 colonoscopes.
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