Acta Med. 2012, 55: 47-49

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2015.75

Surgical Management of Severe Spontaneous Hemorrhage of the Abdominal Wall Complicating Acenocoumarol Treatment

Orestis Ioannidisa, George Paraskevasb, Anastasios Kotronisa, Stavros Chatzopoulosa, Athina Konstantaraa, Nikolaos Papadimitrioua, Apostolos Makrantonakisa, Emmanouil Kakoutisa

aFirst Surgical Department, General Regional Hospital 'George Papanikolaou'. Thessaloniki, Greece
bDepartment of Anatomy, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Received June 23, 2011
Accepted January 20, 2012

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