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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2009; 15(3): 339-343
Published online Jan 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.339
Published online Jan 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.339
Does clamping during liver surgery predispose to thrombosis of the hepatic veins? Analysis of 210 cases
Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Vaia Stafyla, Athanasios Marinis, Theodosios Theodosopoulos, Ioannis Vassiliou, Nikolaos Dafnios, Georgios Fragulidis, Vassilios Smyrniotis, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofia’s Ave, 11528 Athens, Greece
Kassiani Theodoraki, First Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofia’s Ave, 11528 Athens, Greece
Vassilios Koutoulidis, First Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of Athens Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofia’s Ave, 11528 Athens, Greece
Author contributions: Arkadopoulos N, Marinis A and Stafyla V wrote the paper; Theodosopoulos T, Vassiliou I and Smyrniotis V critically reviewed the manuscript; Koutoulidis V was responsible for the imaging studies; Fragulidis G, Dafnios N and Theodoraki K organized and reviewed the data collected for this study.
Correspondence to: Athanasios Marinis, MD, PhD, Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vassilisis Sofia’s Ave, 11528 Athens, Greece. sakisdoc@yahoo.com
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Received: July 11, 2008
Revised: December 11, 2008
Accepted: December 18, 2008
Published online: January 21, 2009
Revised: December 11, 2008
Accepted: December 18, 2008
Published online: January 21, 2009
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