Surgery
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Whole or parts—the fate of hemoperitoneum

  • Mathieu Lemaire, MDCM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Ivan R. Diamond, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Canada
    • ,
  • Jacob C. Langer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jacob C. Langer, MD, Division of General Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.

,Accepted 12 February 2009.

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 Supported by a Fellowship award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research with additional support from the Surgeon Scientist Training Program, University of Toronto. J.C.L. holds the Robert M. Filler Chair in Paediatric General Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children.

PII: S0039-6060(09)00155-X

doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2009.02.014

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