Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 907-912 , May 2010

Evaluation of endoscopy in localizing transgastric access for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in humans

Poster presented at Digestive Disease Week, May 30-June 4, 2009, Chicago, Illinois, (Gastrointest Endosc 2009;69:AB165); presented orally at the 96th annual meeting of the Swiss Society for Surgery, June 10-12, 2009, Montreaux, Switzerland, at the 50th annual meeting of the Austrian Society for Surgery, June 18-20, 2009, Vienna, Austria (Eur Surg 2009;41, Supplement 230:72-73) and at the annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Gastroenterology September 17-18, Zürich, Switzerland.

Received 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

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PII: S0016-5107(09)02831-4

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.11.041

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 71, Issue 6 , Pages 907-912 , May 2010

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