Precut fistulotomy for choledocholithiasis: what about long-term efficacy?

Paraskevas Gkolfakis; Marianna Arvanitakis

doi:10.1055/a-0959-6105

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2020; 08(02): E231-E233
DOI: 10.1055/a-0959-6105

Editorial

Precut fistulotomy for choledocholithiasis: what about long-term efficacy?

Paraskevas Gkolfakis

Department of Gastroenterology Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Marianna Arvanitakis

Department of Gastroenterology Hepatopancreatology and Digestive Oncology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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