High-volume esophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection centers: a cut above the rest?

Endoscopy 2017; 49(04): 313-314
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-101681

Editorial

Referring to Odagiri H et al. p. 321–326

Vinay Chandrasekhara

Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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