Development and Implementation of a New Nitinol Stent Design for Managing Benign Stenoses and Fistulas of the Digestive Tract
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1 Gastrointestinal Surgery and Endoscopy. Chief of Postgraduate General Surgery (UPB), Gastrohepatology Group at the University of Antioquia, Institute of Clinical Oncology of the Americas in Medellin, Colombia. rcastanoll@ hotmail.com 2 Gastroenterologist at Texas Valley Coastal Bend Veterans Administration Hospital and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas USA 3 Interventional Radiologist at the University of Texas in the United States. 4 General Surgeon at the Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe in Medellin, Colombia 5 General Surgeon, Clinic Cancerology Institute Las Americas. Medellin, Colombia 5 Undergraduate Students in the Faculty of Medicine at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellin, Colombia 6 Undergraduate Student in the Faculty of Medicine at CES in Medellin, Colombia
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