Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage: a backdoor for biliary decompression?

Endoscopy 2021; 53(08): 873
DOI: 10.1055/a-1299-1495

Letter to the editor

Authors

Mihai Rimbaș

¹Gastroenterology Department, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

²Department of Internal Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
Stefano Francesco Crinò

³Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, The Pancreas Institute, G.B. Rossi University Hospital, Verona, Italy
Gianenrico Rizzatti

⁴Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

⁵CERTT, Center for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Alberto Larghi

⁴Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

⁵CERTT, Center for Endoscopic Research Therapeutics and Training, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

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