Is splenectomy more dangerous for massive spleens?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 102-107

  McAneny, David ^a,c   LaMorte, Wayne W ^a   Scott, Thayer E ^a   Weintraub, Lewis R ^b   Beazley, Robert M ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032006930     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00264-X     Document Type: Article

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