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A procedure helping the X-Ray examination of the gastro-esophageal segment

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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Sometimes a pathologic pouch around the diaphragmatic hiatus cannot be exactly interpreted. Even the esophagoscopic examination is not conclusive. The use of a Levin tube for inflating and filling the stomach was a helpful procedure in making a sure differential diagnosis.

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  1. Montreal, Canada

    Valmore Latraverse M.D. (Associate clinical professor of Otolaryngology)

  2. University of Montreal, Canada

    Valmore Latraverse M.D. (Associate clinical professor of Otolaryngology)

  3. the section of Broncho-esophagology and laryngeal surgery, Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal

    Valmore Latraverse M.D. (Associate clinical professor of Otolaryngology)

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Read at the Pan American Congress of Otol. & Broncho-Esoph., Chicago, Oct. 17–19, 1946.

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Latraverse, V. A procedure helping the X-Ray examination of the gastro-esophageal segment. Jour. D. D. 14, 298–302 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001345

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