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Should endoscopic balloon dilation be used for the extraction of bile duct stones?

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The synopsis was written by Minal Chande, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Professor Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Masanori Sugiyama

  2. Assistant Professor Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Nobutsugu Abe

  3. Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Yutaka Atomi

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BILLROTH II surgery

End-to-side gastrojejunostomy as reconstruction after distal gastrectomy

INTRADIVERTICULAR LOCATION OF THE PAPILLA

Duodenal diverticulum within which the major papilla is located

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Sugiyama, M., Abe, N. & Atomi, Y. Should endoscopic balloon dilation be used for the extraction of bile duct stones?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 74–75 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0097

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