Laparoscopic splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP): A five-year experience

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1083-1086

  Stanton, C J ^a,b  

^a Sacred Heart Medical Center Eugene   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ITP; Laparoscopy; Spleen; Splenectomy; Thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032732170     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004649901178     Document Type: Article

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