To keep or not to keep the lumen-apposing metal stent during endoscopic necrosectomy?

Endoscopy 2021; 53(01): 75-76
DOI: 10.1055/a-1243-0634

Editorial

Referring to Gulati R et al. p. 71–74

Janak Shah

Gastroenterology, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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