Feasibility of endoscopic transesophageal thoracic sympathectomy (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-175

  Turner, Brian G ^a   Gee, Denise W ^a   Cizginer, Sevdenur ^a   Konuk, Yusuf ^a   Karaca, Cetin ^a   Willingham, Field ^a   Mino Kenudson, Mari ^a   Morse, Christopher ^a   Rattner, David W ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a Department of Surgery (DWG YK CM DWR)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GASTROSCOPE; HEMODYNAMICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SYMPATHECTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL THORACIC SYMPATHECTOMY;

ANIMALS; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYPERHIDROSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SYMPATHECTOMY; THORACOSCOPY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 73049111118     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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