Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 1018-1024 , May 2010

Leaks and endoscopic assessment of break of integrity after NOTES gastrotomy: the LEAKING study, a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Preliminary results from this study were presented at Digestive Disease Week in Washington, DC, 2007, and in Chicago, IL, 2009.

Received 7 August 2009 ,Accepted 20 October 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: This study was supported by a research grant from the Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research (NOSCAR) awarded to F. F. Willingham, D. W. Gee, D. W. Rattner, and W. R. Brugge. All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

PII: S0016-5107(09)02707-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.10.053

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 1018-1024 , May 2010

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