Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 554-560, March 2009

Hydrogen leak test is minimally invasive and highly specific for assessment of the integrity of the luminal closure after natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery procedures (with video)

Current affiliations: Division of Gastroenterology (X.D., E.J.S., J.M.B., S.A.G., R.J.W., D.M.K., P.M., A.N.K.), Department of Radiology (S.K.R., L.J.P.), Department of Surgery (L.A., M.R.M.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Institute for Digestive Health and Liver Disease (S.V.K.) at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Department of Digestive Diseases (X.D.), Hôpital Lariboisière, APHP, Paris 7, Paris, Laboratoire de Biologie EA 3199 (X.D.), Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers, Paris, France, Department of Medicine (P.M.), University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Received 28 May 2008; accepted 24 September 2008.

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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 DISCLOSURE: The following authors disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: S. V. Kantsevoy and A. N. Kalloo are equity holders in Apollo Endosurgery Inc, Austin, Tex. All other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. This research was not sponsored by any company and was conducted by using internal funds of Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. T-bars for use during this study were provided free of charge by Cook Endoscopy. The overtubes for this study were provided free of charge by Apollo Endosurgery. Hydrogen Leak Detector H2000+ was provided free of charge by Alcatel Vacuum Products.

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PII: S0016-5107(08)02678-3

doi:10.1016/j.gie.2008.09.053

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 554-560, March 2009

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