Placement control by transabdominal ultrasound of duodenal feeding tubes: a feasible alternative for trials in a healthy volunteer study population

O. Goetze; M. Fried; C. Gubler

doi:10.1055/s-2006-945061

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2007; 39: E309
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-945061

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Placement control by transabdominal ultrasound of duodenal feeding tubes: a feasible alternative for trials in a healthy volunteer study population

O. Goetze¹ , M. Fried¹ , C. Gubler¹

¹Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal medicine, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

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C. Gubler, MD

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Department of Internal Medicine
University Hospital Zürich
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8091 Zürich
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Email: Christoph.Gubler@spitaluster.ch