Are low-volume ERCPists a problem in the United States? A plea to examine and improve ERCP practiceNOW

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-166

  Cotton, Peter B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT STONE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CANNULATION; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS STONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959722987     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2011.03.1233     Document Type: Article

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