Endoscopy-guided surgery of an atrio-esophageal fistula after failure of self-expandable metal stents

Endoscopy 2017; 49(10): E250-E251
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-115217

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Ignacio Couto-Worner

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Pedro A. Alonso-Aguirre

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Emilio Estévez-Prieto

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Benito González-Conde

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Carlos Velasco-García

²Department of Cardiac Surgery, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
José Joaquín Cuenca-Castillo

²Department of Cardiac Surgery, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Salvador Fojón-Polanco

³Intensive Care Unit, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

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