The Ascendance of Laparoscopic Splenectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-53

  Walsh, R Matthew ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^b   Brody, Fredrick ^a   Ponsky, Jeffrey ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Carolinas Medical System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0035221284     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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