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Gastroscopy-guided percutaneous suturing for closure of persistent gastrocutaneous fistula: A novel and cost-effective method

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Conceptualization: BRP; methodology: BRP, SH, SG, TL; visualization: BRP, SH, AV; writing-original draft: SH, BRP; writing-review and editing: AS, BRP, SH

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Patra, B.R., Harindranath, S., Gupta, S. et al. Gastroscopy-guided percutaneous suturing for closure of persistent gastrocutaneous fistula: A novel and cost-effective method. Indian J Gastroenterol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12664-024-01545-x

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