Laparoscopic approach to wandering spleen - A case report and an update to the question

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 363-365

  Gurski, Richard R ^a,b   Schirmer, Carlos C ^a   Fischer, Carlos Alberto Cabeda ^a   Thofehrn, Ricardo ^a   Osvaldt, Alessandro B ^a   Padoin, Alexandre ^a   Portinho, Ciro Paz ^a   Kruel, Cleber D P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Videolaparoscopic splenectomy; Wandering spleen

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031719222     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199810000-00009     Document Type: Article

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