Prospective randomized trial of transnasal versus peroral endoscopy using an ultrathin videoendoscope in unsedated patients

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 482-485

  Murata, Atsuhiko ^a   Akahoshi, Kazuya ^a   Sumida, Yorinobu ^a   Yamamoto, Hidehiko ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^b   Nawata, Hajime ^b  

^a ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Peroral endoscopy; Transnasal endoscopy; Ultrathin videoendoscope; Unsedated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOSCOPE; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERORAL ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSNASAL ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY;

EID: 33947247084     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04730.x     Document Type: Article

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