Forty consecutive resections of hilar cholangiocarcinoma with no postoperative mortality and no positive ductal margins: results of a prospective study.

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Published in Ann Surg on July 01, 2004

Authors

Satoshi Kondo1, Satoshi Hirano, Yoshiyasu Ambo, Eiichi Tanaka, Shunichi Okushiba, Toshiaki Morikawa, Hiroyuki Katoh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgical Oncology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Japan. kondows@med.hokudai.ac.jp

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