Endoscopic versus surgical treatment for chronic pancreatitis [6]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2103-

  Kleeff, Jorg ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DRAINAGE; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; PANCREATIC DUCTS; PANCREATITIS, CHRONIC;

EID: 34249023095     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Elta GH. Is there a role for the endoscopic treatment of pain from chronic pancreatitis? N Engl J Med 2007;356:727-9.