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Diagnostic and therapeutic contribution of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy without general anesthesia in patients aged 75 and older

2024-01-12

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background and study aims:</bold> Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is frequently performed in older patients and allows to detect lesion in 20 to 50% of cases, it also participates to therapeutic management. However, considering that elderly population is often more fragile and this medical procedure without anesthesia may be judged uncomfortable and invasive, EGD raises questions...

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Literature Corpus work: 97403c19-36f8-588b-b77c-5e7581e4db78
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3835365/v1

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