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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2010; 16(31): 3859-3864
Published online Aug 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i31.3859
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery in pancreatic diseases
Sonja Gillen, Jörg Kleeff, Michael Kranzfelder, Shailesh V Shrikhande, Helmut Friess, Hubertus Feussner
Sonja Gillen, Jörg Kleeff, Michael Kranzfelder, Helmut Friess, Hubertus Feussner, Department of Surgery, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
Shailesh V Shrikhande, Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, 400 012, India
Author contributions: Gillen S, Friess H and Kleeff J designed and initiated the study; Gillen S, Kranzfelder M and Kleeff J performed a literature search; additional cross searching was performed by Shrikhande SV and Feussner H; Gillen S and Kleeff J drafted and wrote the manuscript; Kranzfelder M, Feussner H and Friess H critically revised the manuscript; all authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree with the manuscript´s results and conclusions.
Correspondence to: Jörg Kleeff, MD, Department of Surgery, Technische Universität München, Ismaningerstrasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany. kleeff@chir.med.tu-muenchen.de
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Received: May 8, 2010
Revised: May 31, 2010
Accepted: June 7, 2010
Published online: August 21, 2010
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