Nightmare of straight-type plastic stent migration into the peripheral bile duct: what is my savior?

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Yun Chae Lee (Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School) ;
Shayan Irani (Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center) ;
Hyung Ku Chon (Division of Biliopancreas, Department of Internal Medicine, Wonkwang University Hospital, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)

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