Endoscopic treatment of pancreas divisum: why, when, and how?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 712-715

  Saltzman, John R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750016339     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.924     Document Type: Editorial

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