Usefulness of an ultrathin endoscope for guidewire insertion during stent-in-stent placement

• Takuro Hamada, MD,
• Toshio Kuwai, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES,
• Takeshi Mizumoto, MD, PhD,
• Yuzuru Tamaru, MD, PhD,
• Ryusaku Kusunoki, MD, PhD,
• Sauid Ishaq, MD, PhD,
• Hiroshi Kohno, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Takuro Hamada, MD

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Toshio Kuwai, MD, PhD, FASGE, FJGES

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Takeshi Mizumoto, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Yuzuru Tamaru, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Ryusaku Kusunoki, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Sauid Ishaq, MD, PhD

Gastroenterology Department, Russells Hall Hospital, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Hiroshi Kohno, MD, PhD

Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization, Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan