Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 286-290 , December 2008

Is Early or Late Surgical Intervention More Beneficial in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis?

  • Jia-Hong Chen
    • ,
  • Yu-Min Huang
    • ,
  • Hwa-Tzong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 24 January 2008 ,Revised 14 February 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60052-X

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60052-X

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 286-290 , December 2008

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