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. 2017 Feb 6;2(5):89-95.
doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2017.01.021. eCollection 2017 May.

Cryotherapy in gastrointestinal endoscopy

ASGE Technology Committee; Mansour A Parsi, Arvind J Trindade, Manoop S Bhutani, Joshua Melson, Udayakumar Navaneethan, Nirav Thosani, Guru Trikudanathan, Rabindra R Watson, John T Maple

Cryotherapy in gastrointestinal endoscopy

ASGE Technology Committee et al. VideoGIE. .
No abstract available

Keywords: AVM, arteriovenous malformation; BE, Barrett’s esophagus; CE-D, complete elimination of dysplasia; CE-IM, complete elimination of intestinal metaplasia; CPT, Current Procedural Terminology; GAVE, gastric antral vascular ectasia; HGD, high-grade dysplasia; RFA, radiofrequency ablation; RP, radiation proctopathy; RVU, relative value unit.

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Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy console.
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Liquid nitrogen spray cryotherapy catheter.
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Carbon dioxide spray cryotherapy system. A and B, Carbon dioxide spray cryotherapy console. C, Carbon dioxide spray cryotherapy catheter.
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Carbon dioxide spray cryotherapy distal attachment cap with the spray catheter.
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Nitrous oxide cryotherapy system.
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