Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) before gastric polyp resection: Is it mandatory?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 371-374

  Bardan, Eytan ^a,b   Maor, Yaakov ^a,b   Carter, Danny ^a,b   Lang, Alon ^a,b   Bar Meir, Simon ^a,b   Avidan, Benny ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopic ultrasound; Gastric polyps; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STOMACH POLYP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147123297     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225578.58138.56     Document Type: Article

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