Clinical Outcomes of Argon Plasma Coagulation Therapy for Early Gastric Neoplasms
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Clinical Outcomes of Argon Plasma Coagulation Therapy for Early Gastric Neoplasms
BACKGROUND/AIMS Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has some merits in the treatment of gastric neoplasms including a shorter operative time and fewer complications compared with endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic submucosal dissection. However, there are few reports on the outcomes of gastric neoplasms treated using APC. The aim of this study was to evaluate APC in the treatment of early ga...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Endoscopy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-2400,2234-2443
DOI: 10.5946/ce.2015.48.2.147