Learning curve for double-balloon enteroscopy: Findings from an analysis of 282 procedures
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Analysis of Double Balloon Enteroscopy: Indications, Findings, Therapeutic and Complications
BACKGROUND The double balloon enteroscopy is an important method for the endoscopic approach of the small bowel that provides diagnosis and therapy of this segment's disorders, with low complication rate. AIM Analysis of patients undergoing double balloon enteroscopy. The specific objectives were to establish the indications for this method, evaluate the findings by the double balloon enteros...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1948-5190
DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i8.368