Laparoscopic Splenectomy: The Initial Experience at University of California, San Francisco

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 874-879

  Yee, Laurence F ^a   Carvajal, Samuel H ^a   Lorimier, Alfred A ^a   Mulvihill, Sean J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029026055     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1995.01430080076012     Document Type: Article

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