A single-institution review of 157 patients presenting with benign and malignant tumors of the ampulla of Vater

Background Although benign ampullary tumors are removed endoscopically, due to their potential to progress to malignant disease, the favored treatment for adenocarcinoma is pancreaticoduodenectomy. We reviewed our institution's experience in order to identify which patients were at highest risk...

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Main Author: Azar, Riad (author)
Other Authors: Hornick, John R. (author), Johnston, Fabian M. (author), Simon, Peter O. (author), Younkin, Morgan (author), Chamberlin, Michael (author), Mitchem, Jonathan B. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/4125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2011.05.012
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039606011002121
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