Is extended hemihepatectomy plus pancreaticoduodenectomy justified for advanced bile duct cancer and gallbladder cancer?
โ Scribed by Sakamoto, Yoshihiro; Nara, Satoshi; Kishi, Yoji; Esaki, Minoru; Shimada, Kazuaki; Kokudo, Norihiro; Kosuge, Tomoo
- Book ID
- 120369815
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 132 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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