Is simply covering the patient's mouth with a surgical mask during transnasal endoscopy sufficient as an anti-COVID-19 measure?

Affiliations

Yohei Nose: Department of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention (Project ENGINE), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Tomo Ishida: Department of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention (Project ENGINE), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Tomoki Makino: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Tsuyoshi Takahashi: Department of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention (Project ENGINE), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Yukinori Kurokawa: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Hidetoshi Eguchi: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Yuichiro Doki: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Kiyokazu Nakajima: Department of Next Generation Endoscopic Intervention (Project ENGINE), Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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ISSN: 2234-2400 (Print); 2234-2443 (Online)
Publisher: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
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