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World J Gastrointest Surg. Nov 27, 2010; 2(11): 381-384
Published online Nov 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i11.381
Published online Nov 27, 2010. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v2.i11.381
An ongoing dispute in the management of severe pancreatic fistula: Pancreatospleenectomy or not?
Dionysios Dellaportas, Constantinos Nastos, Vasiliki Psychogiou, Andreas Karakatsanis, Andreas Polydorou, George Fragulidis, Ioannis Vassiliou, Second Department of Surgery, Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, Greece
Aliki Tympa, Vassilios Smyrniotis, Fifth Department of Surgery, Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, Greece
Author contributions: Dellaportas D performed research and wrote the paper; Tympa A and Nastos C analyzed the data; Psychogiou V and Karakatsanis A designed the tables and structure of the article; Polydorou A, Fragulidis G and Vassiliou I revised the article; Smyrniotis V gave the final approval of the version to be published.
Correspondence to: Dionysios Dellaportas, MD, Second Department of Surgery, Athens Medical School, Aretaieio Hospital, 76 Vassilissis Sofias Ave., 11528 Athens, Greece. dellapdio@gmail.com
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Received: June 1, 2010
Revised: September 18, 2010
Accepted: September 26, 2010
Published online: November 27, 2010
Revised: September 18, 2010
Accepted: September 26, 2010
Published online: November 27, 2010
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