Endoscopic removal of a 'floating' biliary Gianturco Z stent five years after placement for a benign anastomotic stricture in a liver transplant patient

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-82

  Baron, T H ^a   Blackard, W G ^a   Morgan, D E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030954718     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70217-7     Document Type: Article

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