Going for the loop: A unique overtube for the difficult colonoscopy

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-140

  Hawari, Rami ^a   Pasricha, Pankaj Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Difficult endoscopy; Enteroscopy; Loop; Looping; Over tube; Shape lock; ShapeLock; Transgastric endoscopy; Variable stiffness

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; DEVICE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOID; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

COLON, SIGMOID; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS;

EID: 33846406405     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225595.01201.d2     Document Type: Review

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