Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 169-175 , July 2007

Pseudocyst Drainage: ERCP and EUS Approaches

  • Cyrus Piraka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Cyrus Piraka, MD, University of Michigan Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3912 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
  • ,
  • Yang K. Chen, MD, FASGE

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO.

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PII: S1096-2883(07)00029-0

doi: 10.1016/j.tgie.2007.05.002

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 169-175 , July 2007