Challenges in ERCP post-Billroth II gastrectomy: Is it the scope, tools or technique?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, St George Hospital University Medical Center, University of Balamand; Division of Gastroenterology, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Editorial

Ihab I El Hajj et al. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2019 Nov-Dec.

. 2019 Nov-Dec;25(6):333-334.

doi: 10.4103/sjg.SJG_583_19.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, St George Hospital University Medical Center, University of Balamand; Division of Gastroenterology, Clemenceau Medical Center Affiliated with Johns Hopkins International, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

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