Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy in North America: are the outcomes acceptable?

Jonathan C Welch1, Elizabeth M Gleeson2, Andreas Karachristos3

  • 1Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.

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