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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
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, 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
Revised: June 4, 2012
Accepted: September 12, 2012
Published online: September 16, 2012
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