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Pessaux, P., Varma, D. & Arnaud, JP. Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Superior mesenteric artery first approach. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery 10, 607–611 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gassur.2005.05.001
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