New Insight into Endoscopic Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMD): Why Repeated Motions Damage

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA.
² Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. zsobani@gmail.com.

Editorial

Dariush Shahsavari et al. Dig Dis Sci. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;68(3):716-717.

doi: 10.1007/s10620-022-07723-1. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA.
² Section of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. zsobani@gmail.com.

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