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01-11-2005 | Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Author: Michael Sarr

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 11/2005

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At risk of being called an “expert”,1 I will offer my thoughts on this well-carried out prospective study. The question of type of gastrointestinal reconstruction often arises after gastrectomy. Old, now “debunked” dogma tended to mandate that a Billroth I (B-I) was contraindicated after antrectomy for gastric cancer, because local recurrence might lead to re-obstruction. Well, dogma is meant to be debunked, when appropriate, and we should lay that dogma to rest. …

Oxman AD, Chalmers I, Liberati A on behalf of the World Artifexology Group. A field guide to experts. Br Med J 2004; 329:1460–1463

Title: Invited Commentary
Author: Michael Sarr
Publication date: 01-11-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 11/2005
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-005-1143-1

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