Endoscopy assistants influence the quality of colonoscopy.

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Abstract

Colonoscopy performance varies between endoscopists, but little is known about the impact of endoscopy assistants on key performance indicators. We used a large prospective colonoscopy quality database to perform an exploratory study to evaluate differences in selected quality indicators between endoscopy assistants.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Endoscopy

Title: Endoscopy

Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag KG

ISSN (Electronic): 1438-8812

ISSN (Print): 0013-726X

Publication date (Electronic): Sep 2018

Volume: 50

Issue: 9

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[1 ] Department of Medicine, Sorlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway.

[2 ] Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

[3 ] Department of Gastroenterology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

[4 ] Department of Abdominal and Pediatric Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

[5 ] Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.

[6 ] Department of Transplantation Medicine and K.G. Jebsen Colorectal Cancer Research Center, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

[7 ] Frontier Science Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

[8 ] Department of Gastroenterology, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.

[9 ] Department of Gastroenterology, Telemark Hospital, Kragerø, Norway.

[10 ] Department of Bowel Cancer Screening, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway.

[11 ] Department of Medicine, Telemark Hospital, Skien, Norway.

[12 ] Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.

Article

DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-101706

PubMed ID: 29444529

SO-VID: f8e8564d-d997-45e1-909e-54514ab5fb24

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