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Is preventive resection of the extrahepatic bile duct necessary in cases of pancreaticobiliary maljunction without dilatation of the bile duct?
Japanese journal of clinical oncology - 1 Mar 2001
Aoki T, Tsuchida A, Kasuya K, Endo M, Kitamura K, Koyanagi Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: No consensus has been reached on whether preventive resection of the extrahepatic bile duct is necessary in cases of pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM) without dilatation of the extrahepatic bile duct (undilated type). METHODS: Sixty-eight patients with PBM underwent corrective surgery and several clinical characteristics and pathological findings including K-ras point mutation were evaluated....
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