Prospective evaluation of a new high-power argon plasma coagulation system (hp-APC) in therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-405

  Manner, Hendrik ^a,d   May, Andrea ^a   Rabenstein, Thomas ^a   Pech, Oliver ^a   Nachbar, Lars ^a   Enderle, Markus D ^b   Gossner, Liebwin ^c   Ell, Christian ^a  

^a HSK Wiesbaden ^*  (Germany)

^b ERBE ELEKTROMEDIZIN GMBH   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^d HSK Wiesbaden   (Germany)

Author keywords

GI endoscopy; High power APC; Prospective evaluation; VIO APC

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DUODENUM TUMOR; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH POLYP; TREATMENT INDICATION; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; DUODENAL NEOPLASMS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 33847187665     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520600898130     Document Type: Article

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