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Skeletal-muscle index predicts survival after percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage for obstructive jaundice due to perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.

Jin-Xing ZhangYe DingHai-Tao YanChun-Gao ZhouJin LiuSheng LiuQing-Quan ZuHai-Bin Shi
Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2020)
Low SMI was a predictor of dismal OS after PTBD for patients with PHC-related obstructive jaundice.
Keyphrases
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