The impact of visceral adipose tissue as best predictor for difficult colonoscopy and the clinical utility of a long small-caliber scope as rescue

• Kazuhiro Kashiwagi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kazuuk075@gmail.com

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-1466

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• Nagamu Inoue,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Toshifumi Yoshida,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Rieko Bessho,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuaki Yoneno,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroyuki Imaeda,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Department of General Medicine, Saitama Medical University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan

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• Haruhiko Ogata,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Center for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takanori Kanai,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshinori Sugino,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yasushi Iwao

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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