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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 21, 2013; 19(7): 1124-1134
Published online Feb 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i7.1124
Published online Feb 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i7.1124
Roux-en-Y versus Billroth I reconstruction after distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: A meta-analysis
Jun-Jie Xiong, Gang Mai, Chun-Lu Tan, Wei-Ming Hu, Xu-Bao Liu, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Kiran Altaf, Muhammad A Javed, Quentin M Nunes, Wei Huang, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Robert Sutton, NIHR Liverpool Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GA, Merseyside County, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Xiong JJ and Altaf K contributed equally to this work; Liu XB, Hu WM and Sutton R designed the research, corrected and approved the manuscript; Xiong JJ, Altaf K and Tan CL developed the literature search and carried out statistical analyses of the studies; Javed MA, Huang W, Mai G and Mukherjee R performed data extraction; Xiong JJ, Altaf K and Nunes QM wrote the manuscript; All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Xu-Bao Liu, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Road 37, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. liuxb2011@126.com
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Received: December 19, 2012
Revised: January 11, 2013
Accepted: January 23, 2013
Published online: February 21, 2013
Revised: January 11, 2013
Accepted: January 23, 2013
Published online: February 21, 2013
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