Comments on 'Safety and feasibility of opening window fistulotomy as a new precutting technique for primary biliary access in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography'

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Masood Muhammad Karim (Gastroenterology Section, Medicine Department, Aga Khan University Hospital) ;
Adeel Ur Rehman (Gastroenterology Section, Medicine Department, Aga Khan University Hospital) ;
Faisal Wasim Ismail (Gastroenterology Section, Medicine Department, Aga Khan University Hospital) ;
Om Parkash (Gastroenterology Section, Medicine Department, Aga Khan University Hospital)

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