Predictors for morbidity and mortality following non-traumatic splenectomy at the University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

International Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-321

  Al Harbi, Mohammed ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Non trauma; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034303831     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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