Drainage of peripancreatic-fluid collections: is EUS really necessary?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1120-1122

  Vazquez Sequeiros, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS DUCT; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36549086762     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.06.028     Document Type: Editorial

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