A prospective, randomized trial of esophageal submucosal tunnel closure with a stent versus no closure to secure a transesophageal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery access site

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 785-790

  Turner, Brian G ^a   Kim, Min Chan ^a,b   Gee, Denise W ^a   Dursun, Abdulmetin ^a   Mino Kenudson, Mari ^a   Huang, Edward S ^a   Sylla, Patricia ^a   Rattner, David W ^a   Brugge, William R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery; NOTES

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; EPITHELIZATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOTOMY; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; SUBMUCOSA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISSECTION; ESOPHAGUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STENTS; SWINE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953238486     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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