Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 706-713 , October 2009

Lymph node evaluation is associated with improved survival after surgery for early stage gallbladder cancer

  • Eric H. Jensen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Eric H. Jensen, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 195, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
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  • Anasooya Abraham, MD

      Affiliations

    • Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Stephanie Jarosek, MS

      Affiliations

    • Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Elizabeth B. Habermann, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • Minneapolis Veterans Administration Hospital, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Selwyn A. Vickers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Beth A. Virnig, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
    • ,
  • Todd M. Tuttle, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN

,Accepted 30 June 2009.

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PII: S0039-6060(09)00480-2

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.06.056

Surgery
Volume 146, Issue 4 , Pages 706-713 , October 2009

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