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Is primary precut endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy safe and effective?

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boxed-textde Weerth A et al. (2006) Primary precutting versus conventional over-the-wire sphincterotomy for bile duct access: a prospective randomized study. Endoscopy 38: 1235–1240

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