Multipurpose use of the over-the-scope-clip system ("Bear claw") in the gastrointestinal tract: Swiss experience in a tertiary center

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 16287-16292

  Sulz, Michael Christian ^a   Bertolini, Reto ^a   Frei, Remus ^a   Semadeni, Gian Marco ^a   Borovicka, Jan ^a   Meyenberger, Christa ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bear claw; Endoscopic closure; Fistulae; Gastrointestinal lesion; Leakage; OTSC; Over the scope clip system; Perforations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; ENDOSCOPIST; ESOPHAGEAL STENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVER THE SCOPE CLIP; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TUBE REMOVAL; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DEVICES; DIGESTIVE ENDOSCOPE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STENT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FISTULA; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS, ENDOSCOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STENTS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SWITZERLAND; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84912571441     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i43.16287     Document Type: Article

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