Endoscopic removal of the wireless pH monitoring capsule in patients with severe discomfort

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 828-832

  Prakash, Chandra ^a   Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa ^a   Azar, Riad ^a   Clouse, Ray E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; ODYNOPHAGIA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; WIRELESS PH MONITORING CAPSULE;

ADULT; AGED; CHEST PAIN; COUGH; CRYOTHERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749998678     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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