In a county hospital, 217 patients were operated on for suspected cancer of the pancreas (186 patients) and periampullary structures (31 patients). The surgeons' philosophy was to avoid biopsy of the pancreas whenever possible, they often performed radical resection based on clinical judgment alone
Imaging for the diagnosis and staging of periampullary carcinomas
β Scribed by R. M. Walsh; M. Connelly; M. Baker
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-2794
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