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Routine use of the T tube in the biliary reconstruction of liver transplantation: is it worthwhile?

✍ Scribed by L Grande; A Pérez-Castilla; D Matus; C Rodriguez-Montalvo; A Rimola; M Navasa; J.C Garcı́a-Valdecasas; J Visa

Book ID
117238303
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
46 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
0041-1345

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