Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Patient with Difficult Anatomy

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-89

  Sanders, Michael ^a   McGrath, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

difficult anatomy; endoscopic ultrasound; stricture; Zenker's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTRECTOMY BILLROTH II; HUMAN; PANCREAS; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VEIN OCCLUSION; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 34248573337     PISSN: 10962883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tgie.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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