Endoscopic therapy for Zenker diverticulum - The good and the bad

Endoscopy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-155

  Feussner, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATHERMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MYOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ARGON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 33947151532     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-944878     Document Type: Editorial

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