Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy using a lumen-apposing self-expanding metal stent for decompression of afferent loop obstruction

Endoscopy 2015; 47(S 01): E395-E396
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1392564

Cases and Techniques Library (CTL)

Pushpak Taunk

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Natalie Cosgrove

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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David E. Loren

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Thomas Kowalski

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Ali A. Siddiqui

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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