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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 7, 2017; 23(9): 1657-1665
Published online Mar 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1657
Published online Mar 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1657
Figure 3 Resistance to knife insertion inside the scope.
Resistance to the insertion of Flushknife-BT or Flushknife-BTS inside the scope at various endoscopic angles was measured using a measuring instrument by NIDEC-SHIMPO CORPORATION. The column denotes mean data and the bar shows the range of experiments performed in triplicate. Resistance was lower at all endoscopic angles with Flushknife-BTS than with Flushknife-BT. aP < 0.05, BT vs BTS. FlushKnife-BT: Ball-tipped FlushKnife; FlushKnife-BTS: A novel slim type FlushKnife-BT.
- Citation: Ohara Y, Toyonaga T, Hoshi N, Tanaka S, Baba S, Takihara H, Kawara F, Ishida T, Morita Y, Umegaki E, Azuma T. Usefulness of a novel slim type FlushKnife-BT over conventional FlushKnife-BT in esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(9): 1657-1665
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i9/1657.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i9.1657