Healthcare
Unsedated Ultrathin Esophagoscopy Feasible in Primary Care
By American Academy of Family Physicians
Mar 30, 2005, 06:22

The first to examine the use of a new technology � ultrathin esophagoscopy � to examine unsedated patients for Barrett's esophagus in a primary care setting, this study found that most patients (95 percent) tolerated the procedure.

These findings demonstrate the feasibility of primary care physicians performing this procedure on unsedated outpatients.


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