Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 149-154 , October 2008

Traversing Difficult Esophageal Strictures from the Retrograde Approach

  • Muhammad Hasan, MD
    • ,
  • John T. Maple, DO

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to John T. Maple, DO, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 920 Stanton L. Young Blvd., WP 1360, Oklahoma City, OK 73117

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 The authors have no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.tgie.2008.07.005

Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 149-154 , October 2008

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