To cuff or not to cuff: that is the question!

Endoscopy 2017; 49(11): 1027-1028
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-119642

Editorial

Referring to Bhattacharyya R. et al. p. 1043–1050, Triantafyllou K et al. p. 1051–1060 and Gonzalez-Fernandez C et al. p. 1061–1068

Authors

Srihari Mahadev

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States
Seth A. Gross

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, United States

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