Prospective multicenter study comparing a standard reusable sphincterotome with a disposable triple-lumen sphincterotome

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 704-707

  Canard, Jean Marc ^a   Cellier, Christophe ^a,b   Houcke, Philippe ^a   Laurent, Jean ^a   Gorce, Dominique ^a   Landi, Bruno ^a  

^a Services d'Endoscopie Digestive   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034044273     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2000.105720     Document Type: Article

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