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An Undescribed Iatrogenic Complication of Varicose Vein Surgery: Entrapment of the Stripper in the Proximal Deep Venous System

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  1. Department of Vascular Surgery, “S. Paolo” Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Andrea Siani, Giustino Marcucci & Luca Maria Siani

  2. Department of Urology, Ospedale Regionale della Valle d’Aosta, Aosta, Italy

    Emanuele Baldassarre

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Siani, A., Marcucci, G., Siani, L.M. et al. An Undescribed Iatrogenic Complication of Varicose Vein Surgery: Entrapment of the Stripper in the Proximal Deep Venous System. World J Surg 31, 1528 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9058-7

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