Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 17-26 , March 2010

Options of restorative pancreaticoenteric anastomosis following pancreaticoduodenectomy: A review

  • Mallika Tewari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. 221005, India
  • ,
  • Priya Hazrah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India
  • ,
  • Vinay Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. 221005, India
  • ,
  • Hari S. Shukla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P. 221005, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Hari S. Shukla, 7 SKG Colony, Lanka, Varanasi, U.P. 221005, India. Tel.: +91 9415 224400; fax: +91 542 2368856.

,Accepted 20 January 2009.

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