The long road to stone management in the bile duct – what else to wish?

Endoscopy 2019; 51(10): 907-908
DOI: 10.1055/a-0982-3278

Editorial

Referring to Maydeo AP et al. p. 922–929

Authors

Jonah Cohen

Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Douglas Pleskow

Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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