Bile duct stone extraction under endoscopic ultrasound guidance
			 without fluoroscopy or contrast injection

Endoscopy 2008; 40: E13-E14
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-966551

Unusual cases and technical notes

E. L. A. Artifon¹ , A. Kumar² , S. Marques¹ , S. Ishioka¹ , P. Sakai³ , M. S. Bhutani⁴

¹GI Endoscopy Division, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
²Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northport VA Medical Center and Stony Brook University, Northport, New York, USA
³GI Endoscopy Unit, Hospital Das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
⁴MD Anderson, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Houston, Texas, USA

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A. Kumar, MD

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