Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy: a historical comment
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Allen Oldfather Whipple is a name that will be forever eponymously associated with pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer. This paper presents the history behind this procedure.
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تاریخ انتشار 2007