Laparoscopic splenectomy: Single-centre experience of a district general hospital

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1065-1067

  Bernard, T ^a   Rhodes, M ^a   Turner, G E ^a   Wimperis, J Z ^a   Deane, A M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Laparoscopy; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG INFECTION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STOMACH PERFORATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0032851707     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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