Scissor-type needle-knife for colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection

Endoscopy 2017; 49(09): 846-847
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-117774

Editorial

Referring to Kuwai T et al. p. 913–918

Authors

Saowanee Ngamruengphong

¹Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Anthony N. Kalloo

²Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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