Are the favorable outcomes of splenectomy predictable in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)?

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1386-1389

  Tsereteli, Z ^a   Smith, C D ^a   Branum, G D ^a   Galloway, J R ^a   Amerson, R J ^a   Chakaraborty, H ^a   Hunter, J G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Laparoscopy; Spleen; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035202979     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-001-8154-2     Document Type: Article

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