*Swiss HPB (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary) Center
†Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
‡Institute of Physiology, Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
§Department of Surgery
‖Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
¶Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
**Horten Centre for Patient-Oriented Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Reprints: Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. E-mail: [email protected].
B.B-S. and S.B. contributed equally as first authors.
M.A.P. and P-A.C. contributed as senior authors.
This study was funded by LGID (Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Foundation), Zurich, Switzerland.
Disclosure: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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