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Investigation of droplets released during digestive endoscopy using a high-speed camera (with video): a pilot study
A large release of droplets is often expected around the periphery of the digestive endoscope insertion site. Therefore, a sense of alarm over infection because of droplets that may be released during digestiv...
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Technical feasibility of a newly designed bendable forceps for difficult endoscopic tissue samplings (with video)
Biopsies with conventional forceps beyond the operating range are difficult and cumbersome. Thus, we developed a new bendable forceps for improved access to gastrointestinal lesions and evaluated its technical...
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Open AccessClinical significance of regional lymph node enlargement in patients with EGC within the expanded criteria for ESD
Lymph node (LN) metastasis is negligible in early gastric cancer (EGC) within expanded criteria for endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). However, regional lymph nodes in abdominal CT scans are sometimes enl...
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Endoscopic resection of duodenal neoplasms: a single-center study
Premalignant duodenal lesions such as adenomas are rare. Surgical resection has been the standard approach to the treatment of these lesions. Endoscopic resection of superficial premalignant or malignant lesio...