Ann Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg.  2025 Feb;29(1):1-4. 10.14701/ahbps.24-130.

The role of artificial intelligence in pancreatic surgery: Current and future perspectives

• Ducas A
• Mangano A
• Borgioli L
• Cassiani J
• Lopez P
• Giulianotti PC

• KMID: 2565400
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14701/ahbps.24-130

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  Fig. 1 Number of artificial intelligence (AI) publications in PubMed.

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