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World J Gastrointest Endosc. Sep 16, 2012; 4(9): 405-408
Published online Sep 16, 2012. doi: 10.4253/wjge.v4.i9.405
Fully covered self-expandable metal stents for treatment of malignant and benign biliary strictures
Ahmed Abdel Samie, Stephan Dette, Ulrich Vöhringer, Michael Stumpf, Karolin Kopischke, Lorenz Theilmann
Ahmed Abdel Samie, Stephan Dette, Ulrich Vöhringer, Karolin Kopischke, Lorenz Theilmann, Department of Gastroenterology, Pforzheim Hospital, Kanzlerstr. 2-6, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany
Michael Stumpf, Department of Surgery, Pforzheim Hospital, Kanzlerstr. 2-6, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany
Author contributions: Abdel Samie A contributed to conception and design, acquisition of data; Dette S and Vöhringer U direct participated in the study, acquisition of data; Stumpf M made acquisition of surgical data and revising surgical contents of the manuscript; Kopischke K made acquisition of data; Theilmann L direct participated in the study, revising the article critically.
Correspondence to: Ahmed Abdel Samie, MD, FEBGH, FEFIM, Department of Gastroenterology, Pforzheim Hospital, Kanzler-Str. 2-6, 75175 Pforzheim, Germany. abdelsamie@ngi.de
Telephone: +49-7231-9693656 Fax: +49-7231-9692682
Received: February 8, 2012
Revised: June 4, 2012
Accepted: September 12, 2012
Published online: September 16, 2012
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