A Novel Approach in Surgical Palliation for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer with Untreatable Chronic Pain: Radiofrequency Ablation of Pancreatic Mass and Celiac Plexus
Restricted accessLetterFirst published online August, 2010
A Novel Approach in Surgical Palliation for Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer with Untreatable Chronic Pain: Radiofrequency Ablation of Pancreatic Mass and Celiac Plexus
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