Endoscopic ultrasound-guided drainage and necrosectomy of walled-off pancreatic necrosis using a metal stent with an electrocautery-enhanced delivery system and hydrogen peroxide

Endoscopy 2015; 47(S 01): E68
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1391244

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Autor*innen

Domenico Galasso

¹Digestive Endoscopic Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Todd H. Baron

²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Fabia Attili

¹Digestive Endoscopic Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Khaled Zachariah

¹Digestive Endoscopic Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Guido Costamagna

¹Digestive Endoscopic Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Alberto Larghi

¹Digestive Endoscopic Unit, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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