Transpancreatic biliary sphincterotomy: justified or overkill?

Endoscopy 2021; 53(09): 985
DOI: 10.1055/a-1408-3258

Letter to the editor

Authors

Sridhar Sundaram

¹Department of Digestive Diseases and Clinical Nutrition, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Nitin Jagtap

²Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India

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