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Preoperative Stent Placement Versus Prompt Surgery for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas

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    Christopher E. Forsmark & Shailendra Chauhan

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Forsmark, C.E., Chauhan, S. Preoperative Stent Placement Versus Prompt Surgery for Cancer of the Head of the Pancreas. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 13, 111–113 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-010-0168-2

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