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Preoperative splenic artery embolization in children: is it really necessary?

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  1. Department of General, Endocrine and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Tomasz Stefaniak, Jarosław Kobiela, Monika Proczko-Markuszewska, Wojciech Makarewicz, Łukasz Kaska, Janusz Głowacki & Andrzej J. Łachinski

  2. Department of Surgery and Urology for Children and Adolescents, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Piotr Czauderna

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Stefaniak, T., Czauderna, P., Kobiela, J. et al. Preoperative splenic artery embolization in children: is it really necessary?. Surg Endosc 21, 494–495 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-006-9026-6

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