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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2010; 16(22): 2832-2834
Published online Jun 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i22.2832
Impaction of a lithotripsy basket during endoscopic lithotomy of a common bile duct stone
Nobutada Fukino, Takatsugu Oida, Atsushi Kawasaki, Kenji Mimatsu, Youichi Kuboi, Hisao Kano, Sadao Amano
Nobutada Fukino, Takatsugu Oida, Atsushi Kawasaki, Kenji Mimatsu, Youichi Kuboi, Hisao Kano, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan
Sadao Amano, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi, Kami-machi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
Author contributions: Fukino N, Oida T, Kawasaki A, Mimatsu K, Kuboi Y and Kano H carried out the operation and were consultants overseeing the patient’s care; Fukino N wrote the manuscript; Amano S was responsible for drafting the manuscript and revising it critically.
Correspondence to: Takatsugu Oida, MD, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan. oida.takatsugu@yokochu.jp
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Received: December 30, 2009
Revised: January 27, 2010
Accepted: February 4, 2010
Published online: June 14, 2010
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