Experience with distal bile duct cancers in U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals: 1987-1991

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-245

  Wade, Terence P ^a   Prasad, Chandra N ^a   Virgo, Katherine S ^a   Johnson, Frank E ^a  

^a Box 15250 ^*

Author keywords

biliary bypass; pancreaticoduodenectomy; periampullary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT CANCER; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0030940925     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199703)64:3<242::AID-JSO12>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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