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Uvular necrosis: a rare complication of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
Pranay Mantha BSc, MBBS,
Pranay Mantha BSc, MBBS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, The Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this author Benedict Mackay BSc, MBChB, FRACS,
Benedict Mackay BSc, MBChB, FRACS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision
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David Stoney MBBS, FRACS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Supervision
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Pranay Mantha BSc, MBBS,
Pranay Mantha BSc, MBBS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Faculty of Health, School of Medicine, The Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this author Benedict Mackay BSc, MBChB, FRACS,
Benedict Mackay BSc, MBChB, FRACS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision
Search for more papers by this author David Stoney MBBS, FRACS,
David Stoney MBBS, FRACS
Surgical Department, Mount Isa Base Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
Contribution: Supervision
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First published: 18 April 2022
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