European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 263-271 , March 2008

Radical surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

  • S. Jonas

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Visceral, Transplantation, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Liebigstraße 20, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany.
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  • C. Benckert

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • A. Thelen

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • E. Lopez-Hänninen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • T. Rösch

      Affiliations

    • Central Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • P. Neuhaus

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charité Campus Virchow Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany

,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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PII: S0748-7983(07)00547-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.09.024

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 263-271 , March 2008

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