Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1121-1127 , December 2009

Effectiveness of EUS in drainage of pelvic abscesses in 25 consecutive patients (with video)

  • Shyam Varadarajulu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Shyam Varadarajulu, MD, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 410 LHRB, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294.
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  • Ernesto R. Drelichman, MD

Received 17 June 2009 ,Accepted 28 August 2009.

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 DISCLOSURE: The authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication.

 If you would like to chat with an author of this article, you may contact him at svaradarajulu@yahoo.com.

PII: S0016-5107(09)02434-1

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.08.034

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 70, Issue 6 , Pages 1121-1127 , December 2009

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