Success of stent-in-stent deployment after intraductal radiofrequency ablation for hepatic hilar obstruction

Endoscopy 2020; 52(06): E206-E207
DOI: 10.1055/a-1067-4213

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Takeshi Ogura

2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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Saori Ueno

2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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Nobu Nishioka

2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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Masanori Yamada

2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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Kazuhide Higuchi

2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

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