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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2009; 15(33): 4116-4121
Published online Sep 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4116
Published online Sep 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.4116
Perioperative insulin therapy using a closed-loop artificial endocrine pancreas after hepatic resection
Takehiro Okabayashi, Hiromichi Maeda, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu-Okocho, Nankoku-City, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
Takehiro Okabayashi, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kohasu-Okocho, Nankoku-City, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
Zhao-Li Sun, Robert A Montgomery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Ave., Ross 771E Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
Isao Nishimori, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Kochi Medical School, Kohasu-Okocho, Nankoku-City, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
Author contributions: Okabayashi T and Maeda H contributed equally to this work; Okabayashi T, Nishimori I and Hanazaki K designed the research; Okabayashi T and Maeda H performed the research; Okabayashi T, Maeda H, Sun ZL, Montgomery RA and Hanazaki K analyzed the data; Okabayashi T, Sun ZL, Montgomery RA, Nishimori I and Hanazaki K wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Dr. Takehiro Okabayashi, Department of Surgery, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu-Okocho, Nankoku-City, Kochi 783-8505, Japan. tokabaya@kochi-u.ac.jp
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Received: April 23, 2009
Revised: July 6, 2009
Accepted: July 13, 2009
Published online: September 7, 2009
Revised: July 6, 2009
Accepted: July 13, 2009
Published online: September 7, 2009
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