Long-term transmural plastic stenting after metal stent removal in disconnected pancreatic duct: is the debate over?

Endoscopy 2022; 54(09): 920
DOI: 10.1055/a-1857-5600

Letter to the editor

Surinder S. Rana

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

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Rajesh Gupta

²Surgical Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

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