Rare complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: doubled-back endoscope in the esophagus

I. Pregun; T. Zágoni; A. Péter; Z. Máthé; I. Hritz; Z. Tulassay

doi:10.1055/s-2007-966872

Endoscopy, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Endoscopy 2008; 40: E48
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966872

Unusual cases and technical notes

Rare complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: doubled-back endoscope in the esophagus

I. Pregun¹ , T. Zágoni¹ , A. Péter² , Z. Máthé² , I. Hritz¹ , Z. Tulassay^1, ³

¹2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
²Department of Transplantation and Surgery, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
³Research Group of Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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