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01-07-2007 | Letter to the editor

200 supervised procedures: the minimum threshold number for competency in performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Author: J. García-Cano

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 7/2007

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I read with great interest the article by Vitale et al. [1] on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) training. It is clear that ERCP is the most difficult and complex procedure in digestive endoscopy. Using this intervention, the endoscopist has to deal with a great variety of situations. In addition, the ERCP-related morbidity and mortality rates are higher than those for other endoscopic procedures. …

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Title: 200 supervised procedures: the minimum threshold number for competency in performing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
Author: J. García-Cano
Publication date: 01-07-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 7/2007
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-9013-y

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