Safety and efficacy of a new high power argon plasma coagulation system (hp-APC) in lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 471-478

  Manner, H ^a   May, A ^a   Faerber, M ^a   Rabenstein, T ^a   Ell, C ^a  

^a HSK Wiesbaden ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

High power APC; Upper gastrointestinal tract; VIO APC

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODYNOPHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SAFETY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARGON; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 33748646804     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.03.022     Document Type: Article

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