Effectiveness of covered metallic stents of benign biliary stricture resolution

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Enliang Li et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;6(1):55-56.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.02.01.

¹ Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330001, China.

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