Repeat sphincterotomy: Does its safety depend on the interval from the initial procedure?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Testoni, Pier Alberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SPHINCTEROTOMY;

EID: 0037256520     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07180.x     Document Type: Editorial

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