Double- vs. single-balloon vs. spiral enteroscopy

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Lenz, Philipp ^a   Domagk, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double balloon enteroscopy; Endoscopy; Single balloon enteroscopy; Small intestine; Spiral enteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; BALLOON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOREIGN BODY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL DEVICE; POLYPECTOMY; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE;

EID: 84862521750     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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