Endoscopic full-thickness resection and post-procedural appendicitis: every advantage has its disadvantage

Michiel Bronswijk

doi:10.1055/a-1337-2523

Endoscopy, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Endoscopy 2021; 53(05): 561
DOI: 10.1055/a-1337-2523

Letter to the editor

Endoscopic full-thickness resection and post-procedural appendicitis: every advantage has its disadvantage

Michiel Bronswijk

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imelda General Hospital, and Imelda Clinical GI Research Center, Bonheiden, and Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium

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