How many times can you reuse a 'single-use' sphincterotome? A prospective evaluation

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-60

  Wilcox, C M ^a   Geels, W ^a   Baron, T H ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DOUBLE LUMEN TUBE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTEROTOME;

EID: 0031846403     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(98)70130-0     Document Type: Article

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