## Abstract The diagnosis and surgical treatment of carcinoma of the common hepatic duct present difficult problems. Accurate preoperative localization of the obstructive lesion is essential and slim needle transhepatic percutaneous cholangiography is the investigation of choice. Worth while pallia
Bile-duct strictures caused by schistosomiasis
โ Scribed by A. E. Kark
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1961
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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