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Surgical Endoscopy
Published in: Surgical Endoscopy 12/2008

01-12-2008 | Letter

Female gender may give rise to difficulties in endoscopic and laparoscopic biliary surgery

Authors: J. M. Grönroos, S. Laine, P. Salminen, J. Karvonen, M. Lavonius, R. Gullichsen

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Issue 12/2008

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We read with interest the fine article by Fukatsu and co-authors on unsuccessful cases of biliary cannulation in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in which the standard procedure was changed to a needle-knife precut papillotomy [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Female gender may give rise to difficulties in endoscopic and laparoscopic biliary surgery
Authors
J. M. Grönroos
S. Laine
P. Salminen
J. Karvonen
M. Lavonius
R. Gullichsen
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-008-0091-x

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