Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 343-350 , August 2010

Gastric wall healing after NOTES procedures: closure with endoscopic clips provides superior histological outcome compared with threaded tags closure

Received 21 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 February 2010.

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 DISCLOSURE: The following authors disclosed financial relationships relevant to this publication: S.V. Kantsevoy: equity holder in Apollo Endosurgery Inc. A.N. Kalloo: equity holders in Apollo Endosurgery Inc. The other authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. The threaded tags for use during this study were provided free of charge by Wilson-Cook Medical Inc, Winston-Salem, NC. The overtubes for this study were provided free of charge by Apollo Endosurgery Inc, Austin, TX.

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PII: S0016-5107(10)00181-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.02.023

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 343-350 , August 2010

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