Okada, Masahiro
Sakamoto, Hirotsugu
Hayashi, Yoshikazu
Yano, Tomonori
Shinozaki, Satoshi
Sunada, Keijiro
Lefor, Alan Kawarai
Yamamoto, Hironori http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3601-1153
Article History
Received: 19 December 2018
Accepted: 27 January 2019
First Online: 1 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Hironori Yamamoto received a research grant from Fujifilm, serves as a consultant to the company, received lecture fees from the company and holds patents on the double-balloon endoscope described in this article. Masahiro Okada, Hirotsugu Sakamoto, Yoshikazu Hayashi, Tomonori Yano, Satoshi Shinozaki, Keijiro Sunada, and Alan Kawarai Lefor declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures followed have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.