Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent: Not the Answer for Every Pancreatic Fluid Collection!!

Jimil Shah; Surinder Singh Rana

doi:10.4103/jde.JDE_16_19

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2019; 10(01): 070-073
DOI: 10.4103/jde.JDE_16_19

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Lumen-Apposing Metal Stent: Not the Answer for Every Pancreatic Fluid Collection!!

Jimil Shah

Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

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Surinder Singh Rana

Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

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