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Letter to the Editor: T-tubes in modern biliary surgery - selective use must be matched by postoperative stewardship
Luca Toti, Domiziana Pedini, Tommaso Maria Manzia, Roberta Angelico, HPB and Transplant Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
Author contributions: Toti L conceived the correspondence and drafted the manuscript; Angelico R contributed to conceptualization and critical revision of the intellectual content; Pedini D contributed to literature interpretation and critical revision of the intellectual content; Manzia TM contributed to critical revision and supervision; and all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Luca Toti, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, HPB and Transplant Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford, 81, Rome 00133, Italy. toti@med.uniroma2.it
Received: July 7, 2026
Revised: July 24, 2026
Accepted: August 5, 2026
Published online: September 27, 2026
Processing time: 73 Days and 8.4 Hours
Revised: July 24, 2026
Accepted: August 5, 2026
Published online: September 27, 2026
Processing time: 73 Days and 8.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Selective T-tube use should be judged together with the postoperative path