Surgery
Volume 142, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , July 2007

Operative treatment of periampullary retroperitoneal perforation complicating endoscopic sphincterotomy

  • Leopoldo Sarli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prof. Leopoldo Sarli, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Sezione di Chirurgia Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università di Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy.
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  • Cristina Porrini, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy
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  • Renato Costi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy
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  • Gabriele Regina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy
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  • Vincenzo Violi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy
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  • Michelina Ferro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, Parma Hospital, Parma, Italy
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  • Luigi Roncoroni, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of General Surgical Clinics and Surgical Therapy, Parma University, Medical School, Parma, Italy

,Accepted 2 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2007.02.002

Surgery
Volume 142, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , July 2007

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