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  1. Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Ludlow Faculty Research Building #204, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 120-752, Korea

    Ho Kyoung Hwang, Woo Jung Lee & Chang Moo Kang

  2. Pancreaticobiliary Cancer Clinic, Institute of Gastroenterology, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea

    Ho Kyoung Hwang, Woo Jung Lee & Chang Moo Kang

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Hwang, H.K., Lee, W.J. & Kang, C.M. Surgery! Only when it causes troubles?. Surg Endosc 27, 2648–2649 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-013-2855-1

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