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Superiority of metal stents in the endoscopic management of pancreatic walled-off necrosis: inferences from recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Fateh Bazerbachi, Tarek Sawas & Barham K. Abu Dayyeh

  2. Robert D and Patricia E Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    M. Hassan Murad

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Bazerbachi, F., Sawas, T., Murad, M.H. et al. Superiority of metal stents in the endoscopic management of pancreatic walled-off necrosis: inferences from recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the literature. Clin J Gastroenterol 11, 437–438 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-018-0866-0

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