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Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 847640, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/847640
Case Report

The Rise of Tunnel Endoscopic Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review

Mingyan Cai,1 Jinzhong Chen,2 Pinghong Zhou,1 and Liqing Yao1

1Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Research Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, 180 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
2Department of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, No.1 Hospital Affiliated to Xiamen University, Fujian, Xiamen 361003, China

Received 30 April 2012; Accepted 5 August 2012

Academic Editors: S. Kikuchi, R. Kochhar, G. Kouraklis, I. D. Kyriazanos, R. J. L. F. Loffeld, and J. Wig

Copyright © 2012 Mingyan Cai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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