Published in Ann Surg on September 01, 1983
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The comparative survivals of alcoholics versus nonalcoholics after distal splenorenal shunt. Ann Surg (1978) 1.49
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Rerouting arterial flow to relieve ischemia: femoro-femoral, axillary femoral and carotid-carotid artery bypasses. Ann Surg (1966) 1.10
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