The role of percutaneous US-guided drainage in the treatment of splenic abscess
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Aheadofprint 27 December 2011 (www.annitalchir.com) Ann. Ital. Chir., 83, 5, 2012 433 Pervenuto in Redazione Settembre 2011. Accettato per la pubblicazione Novembre 2011 Correspondence to: Giovanni Conzo, MD, Aggregate Professor of General Surgery, VII Division of General Surgery, Dipartimento di scienze Anestesiologiche, Chirurgiche e dell’Emergenza, Second University of Naples, Via Pansini 5, Ed. 1780131 Naples, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]). Giovanni Conzo, Giovanni Docimo, Antonietta Palazzo, Cristina Della Pietra, Francesco Stanzione, Valerio Sciascia, Luigi Santini
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