Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 921-928 , August 2008

Computed tomography after radical pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple's procedure)

  • S.L. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: S.L. Smith, Department of Radiology, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich, IP4 5PD, UK. Tel.: +44 1473 703380; fax: +44 1473 270655.
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  • F. Hampson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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  • M. Duxbury

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK
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  • D.M. Rae

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pancreaticobiliary surgery, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK
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  • M.T. Sinclair

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pancreaticobiliary surgery, Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK

Received 31 July 2007 ,Revised 24 September 2007 ,Accepted 8 October 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00467-9

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.10.012

Clinical Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages 921-928 , August 2008

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