Pancreaticoduodenectomy for cancer of the head of the pancreas. 201 patients.

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Published in Ann Surg on June 01, 1995

Authors

C J Yeo1, J L Cameron, K D Lillemoe, J V Sitzmann, R H Hruban, S N Goodman, W C Dooley, J Coleman, H A Pitt

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1: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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