Elective splenectomy in the elderly - Perioperative and long-term course

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 386, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 339-345

  Palsson B ^a   Hallen M ^a   Nordenstrom E ^a   Andersson, R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Haematological; Long term course; Morbidity; Mortality; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034855241     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230100244     Document Type: Article

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