Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 309-311 , February 2001

Experience with laparoscopic splenectomy

Presented at the 47th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Sorrento, Italy, July 18-21, 2000.

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☆ Address reprint requests to Ciro Esposito, MD, PhD, Piazza degli Artisti 7/c, 80129 Naples, Italy.

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doi: 10.1053/jpsu.2001.20703

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 309-311 , February 2001

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