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The Role of Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Severely Jaundiced Patients

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  1. Hepatobiliary Surgery Department of Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, No. 44 WenhuaXi Road, Jinan, 250012, China

    Hui Yang & Yuxin Chen

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Yang, H., Chen, Y. The Role of Preoperative Biliary Drainage in Severely Jaundiced Patients. World J Surg 39, 802–803 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-014-2814-6

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