Transnasal endoscopy for the placement of nasoenteral feeding tubes: does the working length of the endoscope matter?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 225-229

  Wildi, Stephan M ^a   Gubler, Christoph ^a   Vavricka, Stephan R ^a   Fried, Michael ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIDEORECORDING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 34447498659     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.12.054     Document Type: Article

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