Results of laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 222-226

  Tanoue, Kazuo ^a   Hashizume, Makoto ^a   Morita, Makoto ^a   Migoh, Shinichiro ^a   Tsugawa, Kohgi ^a   Yagi, Seiji ^a   Ohta, Masayuki ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0032948433     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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