Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 11-20 , January 2010

Gauze pledgetting versus endoscopic-guided aerosolized spray for nasal anesthesia before transnasal EGD: a prospective, randomized study

  • Chi-Tan Hu, MD, PhD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Chi-Tan Hu, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital and Tzu Chi University, No 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien (970), Taiwan.

Received 14 January 2009 ,Accepted 14 June 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: The author disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: Fujinon Corporation, Tokyo, Japan supplied the Fujinon super-slim transnasal endoscope EG-530N affiliated with Fujinon super-CCD, which were used for ultrathin endoscopic procedures in this study. This author was supported by grant TCCSP95-09 from Buddhist Tzu Chi Intramural Research Plan.

 If you would like to chat with an author of this article, you may contact Dr. Hu at chitan.hu@msa.hinet.net or chitanhu@tzuchi.com.tw.

PII: S0016-5107(09)02116-6

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.06.016

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 11-20 , January 2010

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