Endoscopic treatment of Zenker's diverticulum with an oblique-end hood attached to the endoscope

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 760-763

  Sakai, Paulo ^a,b   Ishioka, Shinichi ^a   Maluf Filho, Fauze ^a   Chaves, Dalton ^a   Moura, Eduardo G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0035653517     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.119606     Document Type: Article

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