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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 7, 2011; 17(21): 2652-2657
Published online Jun 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i21.2652
Published online Jun 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i21.2652
Endoscopic removal and trimming of distal self-expandable metallic biliary stents
Kentaro Ishii, Takao Itoi, Atsushi Sofuni, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Shujiro Tsuji, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Junko Umeda, Fuminori Moriyasu, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan
Akihiko Tsuchida, Third Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Ishii K and Itoi T contributed equally to this work; Ishii K, Itoi T, Sofuni A, Itokawa F, Tsuchiya T, Kurihara T, Tsuji S, Ikeuchi N and Umeda J performed the research and collected the data; Ishii K, Itoi T, Moriyasu F and Tsuchida A reviewed the data analysis.
Correspondence to: Kentaro Ishii, MD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. ishiken@tokyo-med.ac.jp
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Received: May 11, 2010
Revised: June 4, 2010
Accepted: June 11, 2010
Published online: June 7, 2011
Revised: June 4, 2010
Accepted: June 11, 2010
Published online: June 7, 2011
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