Original Article
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World J Gastrointest Surg. May 27, 2012; 4(5): 114-120
Published online May 27, 2012. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v4.i5.114
Arguments for an individualized closure of the pancreatic remnant after distal pancreatic resection
Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, Frank Makowiec, Olivia Sick, Ulrich Theodor Hopt, Tobias Keck
Ulrich Friedrich Wellner, Frank Makowiec, Olivia Sick, Ulrich Theodor Hopt, Tobias Keck, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
Author contributions: Wellner UF wrote the manuscript; Makowiec F and Sick O provided the data and critically revised the manuscript; Hopt UT and Keck T performed the operations and critically revised the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Tobias Keck, MD, MBA, FACS, Professor, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. tobias.keck@uniklinik-freiburg.de
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Received: September 14, 2011
Revised: March 26, 2012
Accepted: April 10, 2012
Published online: May 27, 2012
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