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. 2024 Aug 17;9(12):511-515.
doi: 10.1016/j.vgie.2024.08.006. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Handmade snare-assisted endoscope tip-bending angulation booster

Haruhiro Inoue  1 , Marc Julius Navarro  1   2 , Kei Ushikubo  1 , Yoshiaki Kimoto  1 , Kazuki Yamamoto  1 , Yohei Nishikawa  1 , Manabu Onimaru  1 , Yuto Shimamura  1
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Handmade snare-assisted endoscope tip-bending angulation booster

Haruhiro Inoue et al. VideoGIE. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Inoue is an advisor for Olympus Corporation and TOP Corporation. He has also received educational grants from Olympus Corporation and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. The other authors disclosed no financial relationships.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Preparation of materials.
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Figure 2
Construction of an angulation booster: Tip of the retracted endoscopic snare flexible sheath was fixed with vinyl tape approximately 10 cm away from the tip of the therapeutic gastroscope.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Construction of an angulation booster: Endoscopic snare was then opened to expose the snare loop.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Construction of an angulation booster: Silk thread was passed inside the snare loop.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Construction of an angulation booster: The snare was fixed using thread by creating simple knots at the distal tip of the therapeutic gastroscope.
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Figure 6
Endoscope is in neutral position with the attached endoscopic snare open.
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Figure 7
Proper angulation booster technique.
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