SINGLE-01: A randomized, controlled trial comparing the efficacy and depth of insertion of single- and double-balloon enteroscopy by using a novel method to determine insertion depth

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 972-980

  Efthymiou, Marios ^a,b   Desmond, Paul V ^a   Brown, Gregor ^a   La Nauze, Richard ^a   Kaffes, Arthur ^c   Chua, Tee Joo ^c   Taylor, Andrew C F ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIODYSPLASIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BALLOON DILATATION; COLON CANCER; COLON POLYP; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE POLYP; INTESTINE STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEPTIC ULCER; POLYPECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; ENTEROPATHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATION DURATION; SMALL INTESTINE;

AGED; DOUBLE-BALLOON ENTEROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME;

EID: 84877083625     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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