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You are here: Home / Videos / Pitfalls Including Difficult Closures

Pitfalls Including Difficult Closures

 

Presented by Kevin Reavis, MD at the SAGES 2014 Meeting; Panel – Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM)


disclosures–13 sec
acknowledgements–16 sec
overview–32 sec
mucosotomy/cap/bleed video–50 sec
full thickness exposure video–5:10
CO2 issues–7:42
edematous mucosa–8:44
wide mucosotomy–9:4


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Video Uploaded By:
Kevin Reavis
Uploaded on
01/21/2015
Video Categories
Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) Panel
Learning Themes
Flexible Endoscopy, New Technologies / Skills Acquisitions
Sources
2014 Annual Meeting
Presentation Types
Podium Presentation
Video Authors
Pescarus R, Reavis K, Schlomovitz E, Sharata A
Video Institutions
Oregon Clinic--Portland OR


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