Successful use of a covered, retrievable stent to seal a ruptured mucosal flap safety valve during peroral endoscopic myotomy in a child with achalasia

Endoscopy 2013; 45(S 02): E63-E64
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1325977

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T. Ling

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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Q. Pei

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

²Department of Gastroenterology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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J. Pan

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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X. Zhang

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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Y. Lv

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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W. Li

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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X. Zou

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University, Medical School, Nanjing, China

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