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01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy in a department of general surgery

Authors: Rosario Vecchio, Salvatore Marchese, Eva Intagliata

Published in: Updates in Surgery | Issue 4/2013

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Pediatric laparoscopic splenectomy in a department of general surgery
Authors: Rosario Vecchio
Salvatore Marchese
Eva Intagliata
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Updates in Surgery / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 2038-131X
Electronic ISSN: 2038-3312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13304-012-0186-8

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