Successful blunt recanalization of an obliterated long esophageal stricture by endoscopic rendezvous

Endoscopy 2013; 45(S 02): E49-E50
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325967

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

S. K. Amateau

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA

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M. A. Khashab

²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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