Mucosal injury caused by argon plasma coagulation in rabbits
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Gas explosion caused by argon plasma coagulation of colonic angiodysplasias.
established tool to treat lesions of the gastrointestinal mucosa, such as angio− dysplasias [1]. Cases of colon perforation after gas explo− sion caused by APC have been recorded since 1976 [2], especially after prepara− tion with mannitol [3], which seemed to increase hydrogen gas production. Newer data suggest that stools remaining in an incompletely cleaned bowel may be the main cause for ex...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Chinese Journal of Digestology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2219-2859
DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v17.i8.821