Elective laparoscopic splenectomy for giant hemangioma: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kosmidis, Christophoros ^a   Efthimiadis, Christopher ^a   Anthimidis, Georgios ^a   Grigoriou, Marios ^a   Vasiliadou, Kalliopi ^a   Sfikakis, Petros ^a   Tziris, Nikolaos ^b   Fahantidis, Epaminondas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 77953433841     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-10     Document Type: Article

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