Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biliopancreatic Diversion: Case Description and Literature Review
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1 Head of Digestive Endoscopy and Gastroenterology at the Central Police Hospital in Bogotá, Colombia 2 Gastroenterologist in the Digestive Endoscopy Unit of Surgical Operations in the Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome, Italy 3 Gastroenterologist at L’Institut Paoli-Calmettes in Marseille, France 4 Head of Therapeutic Endoscopy at L’Institut PaoliCalmettes in Marseille, France
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