Endoscopic removal of a snare entrapped around a polyp by using a dual endoscope technique and needle-knife

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 126-128

  Fry, Lucía C ^a   Loudon, Robert ^a   Linder, Jeffrey D ^a   Mönkemüller, Klaus E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DEVICE; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE POLYP; MALE; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037280812     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.69     Document Type: Article

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