Navigating Complications: A Case of Hemostatic Clip-Induced Biliary Obstruction Leading to Acute Cholangitis

Boniface Mensah1, Farhan Ali2, Abdulhameed M Al-Sabban2

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

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