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Endoscopy 1983; 15(2): 53-54
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018610
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018610
NEW METHODS AND NEW INSTRUMENTS
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
A Multiple-diameter Bougie Fitted over a Small-caliber Fiberscope
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Publication Date:
17 March 2008 (online)
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Summary
New instruments for dilatation of the upper gastrointestinal tract are described:
1. A hollow plastic bougie with an inside diameter of approximately 10 mm to allow a 9 mm endoscope to pass. The diameter of this tube-like bougie increases in four steps up to 16 mm.
2. A second-similar bougie employs a flexible bronchoscope for guidance of the bougie. This system permits bougienage from 4 to 11.5 mm.
The system permits stepwise bougienage of stenoses using only two instruments. For the first time complete endoscopic control of bougienage is possible.
Key words:
Bougienage - Bougie - Dilatation - Dilator - Therapeutic endoscopy