Endoscopic removal of the wireless pH monitoring capsule in patients with severe discomfort

Background Few patients have significant symptoms during wireless esophageal pH monitoring, and the capsule typically sloughs spontaneously. Severe discomfort during monitoring can occur that requires endoscopic dislodgement of the capsule. Objective To determine the frequency with which endoscopic...

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Main Author: Azar, Riad (author)
Other Authors: Prakash, Chandra (author), Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa (author), Clouse, Ray E. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2006.06.006
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016510706020943
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