Plastic stents for refractory pancreatic duct strictures in chronic pancreatitis: the more the merrier

Endoscopy 2019; 51(10): 911-912
DOI: 10.1055/a-0997-3053

Editorial

Referring to Tringali A et al. p. 930–935

Authors

Vinay Chandrasekhara

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States

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