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Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Disease in Childhood

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Pancreatic Disease

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A wide range of congenital, inflammatory and neoplastic aetiologies may be implicated in a group of “surgical” disorders of the pancreas in childhood (Table 1). All of them are unusual and because of their rarity diagnosis is often delayed. Consequently the morbidity associated with many of these conditions can be severe.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, University Surgical Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, SO1 6HU, Southampton, UK

    C. D. Johnson MChir, FRCS (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Surgeon) (Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Surgeon)

  2. Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary, G4 OSF, Glasgow, UK

    C. W. Imrie ChB, FRCS (Consultant Surgeon) (Consultant Surgeon)

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Davenport, M., Howard, E.R. (1991). Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Disease in Childhood. In: Johnson, C.D., Imrie, C.W. (eds) Pancreatic Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3356-8_29

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