Splenectomy in high-risk patients with splenomegaly

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 581-585

  Nelson, Edward W ^a   Mone, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FELTY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GAUCHER DISEASE; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0033393919     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00236-6     Document Type: Article

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