Is there a role of preservation of the spleen in distal pancreatectomy?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-260

  Benoist, Stéphane ^a   Dugué, Laurent ^a   Sauvanet, Alain ^a   Valverde, Alain ^a   Mauvais, Francois ^a   Paye, Francois ^a   Farges, Olivier ^a   Belghiti, Jacques ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS FISTULA; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032910804     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00299-3     Document Type: Article

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