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Outcome and early complications of ERCP: a prospective single center study.

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2005

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Alain Suissa, Kamal Yassin, Alexandra Lavy, Jesse Lachter, I Chermech, Amir Karban, A. Tamir, R Eliakim
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Abstract

In the era of therapeutic ERCP, the risk of severe complication from the procedure is low--1.8% (including a mortality rate of 0.6%) when using the appropriate technique in experienced and skilled hands.