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The role of hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for mega spleens in the da Vinci era

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  1. General Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Translational and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Gregorio Di Franco, Desirée Gianardi, Matteo Bianchini, Matteo Palmeri & Luca Morelli

  2. EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Luca Morelli

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Di Franco, G., Gianardi, D., Bianchini, M. et al. The role of hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for mega spleens in the da Vinci era. J Robotic Surg 13, 791–792 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-019-00985-4

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