Chronic pancreatitis: surgery can be effective

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Dimitrios Moraitis et al. Curr Surg. 2003 Sep-Oct.

. 2003 Sep-Oct;60(5):482-7.

doi: 10.1016/S0149-7944(03)00122-3.

¹ Department of Surgery, Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.

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