Esophageal overtubes provide no benefit to safety or technical success in upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopic suturing

Background and study aim The role of esophageal overtubes in upper gastrointestinal endoscopic suturing is unknown. This study aimed to determine whether overtube use was associated with technical success or adverse events. Patients and methods A retrospective review of consecutive patien...

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Main Authors: Andrew C. Storm, Eric J. Vargas, Reem Matar, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Tarek Sawas, Fateh Bazerbachi, Navtej S. Buttar, Mark D. Topazian, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-07-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0953-2152