Precut fistulotomy for choledocholithiasis: what about long-term efficacy?

Paraskevas Gkolfakis; Marianna Arvanitakis

doi:10.1055/a-0959-6105

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(02): E231-E233
DOI: 10.1055/a-0959-6105

Editorial

Precut fistulotomy for choledocholithiasis: what about long-term efficacy?

Authors

Paraskevas Gkolfakis

Department of Gastroenterology Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Marianna Arvanitakis

Department of Gastroenterology Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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