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Nearing the Summit: Associating Liver Partitioning and Portal Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (ALPPS) in Progressive Carcinoid Disease

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  1. Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr., H3680, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    John R. Bergquist, Amy Y. Li, Monica M. Dua & Brendan C. Visser

  2. Department of Surgery, General Surgery Residency Program, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

    Amy Y. Li

  3. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Edwina M. Chang

  4. Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Gregory D. Scott

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Bergquist, J.R., Li, A.Y., Chang, E.M. et al. Nearing the Summit: Associating Liver Partitioning and Portal Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (ALPPS) in Progressive Carcinoid Disease. Dig Dis Sci 65, 3482–3485 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-020-06257-8

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