Electrosurgery in gastrointestinal endoscopy: Principles to practice

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1563-1574

  Morris, Marcia L ^a   Tucker, Robert D ^b   Baron, Todd H ^c   Song, Louis M Wong Kee ^c  

^a Medical Service Associates Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROSURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENERATOR; HEMOSTASIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 66949133192     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.105     Document Type: Review

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