Treatment of high-frequency gastric electrical stimulation for gastroparesis

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1017-1026

  Chu, Huikuan ^a   Lin, Zhiyue ^c   Zhong, Likun ^a   Mccallum, Richard W ^b   Hou, Xiaohua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroparesis; High frequency gastric electrical stimulation; Meta analysis; Subgroup

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE MIGRATION; DIABETIC GASTROPARESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EROSION; GASTRIC ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC GASTROPARESIS; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEPTIC ULCER; POSTSURGICAL GASTROPARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN EROSION; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PARESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 84861466885     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2011.06999.x     Document Type: Review

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