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World Journal of Surgery
Published in: World Journal of Surgery 4/2004

01-04-2004 | Letters to the Editor

To the Editor (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7318-8)

Author: Gregory Kouraklis, M.D.

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 4/2004

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Excerpt

I read with great interest the article by Smyrniotis et al. [1] about the management of echinococcal cysts located over the superoposterior aspect of the right lobe of the liver. They reported that the transabdominal approach produced superior results and fewer postoperative complications, and they recommended that the transabdominal approach be the first choice for treating liver hydatid cysts irrespective of their location and size. However, they compared two surgical approaches using different surgical techniques. Therefore, at the very least I believe that these conclusions should not be absolute. …
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Smyrniotis, VE, Kostopanagiotou, EK, Farantos, CI,  et al. 2003Transthoracic versus transabdominal surgical approach for echinococcal cysts located over the superoposterior aspect of the right lobe of the liverWorld J. Surg.27699702CrossRefPubMed
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Kouraklis, G, Dosios, T 2002Surgical management of hydatid cyst of the hepatic dome ruptured into the biliary treeInt. Surg.87208211PubMed
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Gollackner, B, Lôngle, F, Auer, H,  et al. 2000Radical surgical therapy of abdominal cystic hydatid disease: factors of recurrenceWorld J. Surg.24717721CrossRefPubMed
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Metadata
Title
To the Editor (DOI: 10.1007/s00268-003-7318-8)
Author
Gregory Kouraklis, M.D.
Publication date
01-04-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
World Journal of Surgery / Issue 4/2004
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-003-7318-8

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