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Hwang, S. Both Endoscopic Biliary Drainage and Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Have Reciprocal Roles in Preoperative Decompression of Perihilar Bile Duct Obstruction: Reply. World J Surg 36, 2267–2268 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1686-x
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