Safety of lumen-apposing stent with or without coaxial plastic stent for endosonography-guided drainage of pancreatic fluid collections: Time to randomize!

Endoscopy 2018; 50(10): 948-949
DOI: 10.1055/a-0695-9052

Editorial

Referring to Puga M et al. p. 1022–1026

Michel Kahaleh

Department of Gastroenterology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

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