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Transparent balloon fixed at the tip of endoscope.
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posted on 2013-02-19, 01:23 authored by De-Run Kong, Chao Zhang, Lei Zhang, Jing-Guang Wang, Zhuang Xiong, Pan Li, Jian-Ming Xua The circular lines on the balloon were used as the variceal markers to monitor varix flatting. The scales in the lines (5-mm intervals) were used to estimate the variceal size. b Variceal markers highlighted the regular curve of the underlying varices.
