Laparoscopic splenopexy for wandering (pelvic) spleen

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-290

  Cohen, Mark S ^a   Soper, Nathaniel J ^a   Underwood, Robert A ^a   Mary Quasebarth, R N ^a   Brunt, L Michael ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Splenopexy; Wandering spleen

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SPLEEN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION;

EID: 0031821750     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019509-199808000-00010     Document Type: Article

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