Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 325-374 , May 2008

Incidental Findings at Surgery—Part 1

  • Frank J. Schaberg Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery (Clinical), Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • M.B. Majella Doyle, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • William C. Chapman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Section of Abdominal Transplantation, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
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  • Charles M. Vollmer Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of General Surgery, Boston, MA
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  • Jill M. Zalieckas, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Resident in General Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
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  • Desmond H. Birkett, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Chair, Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
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  • Thomas J. Miner, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI
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  • Peter J. Mazzaglia, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI

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doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2008.01.004

Current Problems in Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 325-374 , May 2008

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