A new technique for laparoscopic splenectomy with massively enlarged spleens

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1161-1164

  Hebra, Andre ^a   Walker, Jennifer D ^a   Tagge, Edward P ^a   Johnson, John T ^a   Hardee, Elise ^a   Othersen Jr , H Biemann ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SURGERY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0031735937     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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