Two Cases of Primary Splenic Hydatid Cyst in Greece |
Vezakis, Antonios
(2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital)
Dellaportas, Dionysios (2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital) Polymeneas, George (2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital) Tasoulis, Marios Konstantinos (2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital) Chondrogiannis, Constantinos (1st Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital) Melemeni, Aikaterini (1st Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital) Polydorou, Andreas (2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital) Fragulidis, George Panagiotis (2nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion University Hospital) |
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