Pancreatic duct stent placement prevents
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Abdo M. Saad; Evan L. Fogel; Lee McHenry; James L. Watkins; Stuart Sherman; Laur
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Article
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2008
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Background: Placement of a pancreatic duct (PD) stent reduces post-ERCP pancreatitis rates in high-risk patients. Patients with suspected sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) who are found to have normal manometry results (SOM) are also at high risk for this complication. Objective: Our purpose was