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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 14, 2010; 16(22): 2801-2805
Published online Jun 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i22.2801
Published online Jun 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i22.2801
Post-gastrectomy spleen enlargement and esophageal varices: Distal vs total gastrectomy
Takatsugu Oida, Kenji Mimatsu, Hisao Kano, Atsushi Kawasaki, Youichi Kuboi, Nobutada Fukino, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan
Sadao Amano, Department of Surgery, Nihon University School of Medicine, 30-1 Oyaguchi, kami-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0023, Japan
Author contributions: Oida T, Mimatsu K, Kano H, Kawasaki A, Kuboi Y and Fukino N carried out the operation and were consultants overseeing the patient’s care; Oida T wrote the manuscript; Amano S drafted the manuscript and revised it critically.
Correspondence to: Takatsugu Oida, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Social Insurance Yokohama Central Hospital, 268 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-8553, Japan. ooida.takatsugu@yokochu.jp
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Received: January 28, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2010
Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published online: June 14, 2010
Revised: March 5, 2010
Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published online: June 14, 2010
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