EUS-guided antegrade pancreatic duct access: Burning questions

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Endosc Int Open 2023; 11(08): E722-E723
DOI: 10.1055/a-2125-4049

Letter to the editor

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Ringgold ID: RIN60182)

²Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium (Ringgold ID: RIN81874)

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Roy L.J. van Wanrooij

³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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⁴Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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Rogier P. Voermans

³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Paul Fockens

³Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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⁴Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy and Endosonography Division, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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Schalk Van der Merwe

¹Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (Ringgold ID: RIN60182)

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