Single-operator cholangioscopy in a patient with prior pancreaticoduodenectomy.

Endoscopy

Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

Published: December 2023

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