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Pancreaticopleural fistula: a rare cause of pleural empyema

Wies VanderbruggenDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Correspondence[email protected]
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Vicky DhoogheDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Bart BrackeDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Vera HartmanDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Geert RoeyenDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Dirk YsebaertDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Paul Van SchilDepartment of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1962-8821
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Thiery ChapelleDepartment of Hepatobiliary, Transplantation and Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium;
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Pages 396-399 | Received 12 Apr 2018, Accepted 22 Apr 2018, Published online: 02 May 2018

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