Hydrogen leak test is minimally invasive and highly specific for assessment of the integrity of the luminal closure after natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery procedures (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 554-560

  Dray, Xavier ^a   Redding, Susan K ^a   Shin, Eun J ^a   Buscaglia, Jonathan M ^a   Giday, Samuel A ^a   Wroblewski, Ronald J ^a   Assumpcao, Lia ^a   Krishnamurty, Devi Mukkai ^a   Magno, Priscilla ^a   Pipitone, Laurie J ^a   Marohn, Michael R ^a   Kalloo, Anthony N ^a   Kantsevoy, Sergey V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; METHYLENE BLUE;

AERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLOON DILATATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN LEAK TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; STOMACH WALL; SWINE;

EID: 60349128230     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.053     Document Type: Article

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