Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 171-175 , January 2010

Feasibility of endoscopic transesophageal thoracic sympathectomy (with video)

Received 20 February 2009 ,Accepted 9 July 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: This project was funded by the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology. Dr Brugge disclosed a consultant relationship with Boston Scientific. All other authors disclosed no other financial relationships relevant to this publication.

 The video from this article was presented at the 4th International NOSCAR Conference on NOTES, July [9-11], 2009, Boston, MA.

PII: S0016-5107(09)02233-0

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.07.016

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 171-175 , January 2010

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