Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 601-605 , May 2004

Predictors of unsuccessful mechanical lithotripsy and endoscopic clearance of large bile duct stones

Received 14 August 2003 ,Revised 11 December 2003 ,Accepted 27 January 2004.

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☆ This paper was presented at the Digestive Diseases Week, May 18-21, 2003, Orlando, Florida (Gastrointest Endosc 2003;57:AB194).

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 601-605 , May 2004

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