Novel technique using an echo probe cover prevents oral–fecal transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during urgent colonoscopies

Endoscopy 2020; 52(09): E349-E350
DOI: 10.1055/a-1187-1018

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Authors

Noriko Nishiyama

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

²Department of Gastroenterology, Nishiyama Neurosurgery Hospital, Sakaide City, Japan
Hideki Kobara

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Naoya Tada

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Takanori Matsui

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Shintaro Fujihara

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Akira Nishiyama

³Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan
Tsutomu Masaki

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

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