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Editorial

Hello double balloon enteroscopy, goodbye operating room: can the scope supplant the scalpel?

Laurel R Fisher Assistant Professor and Director, Wireless Capsule Endoscopy and Double Balloon Enteroscopy Program, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, 3912 Taubman Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0362, USA . [email protected]
Pages 3-5 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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