Elective laparoscopic splenectomy for grade III splenic injury in an athlete

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-286

  Mostafa, Gamal ^a   Matthews, Brent D ^a   Sing, Ronald F ^a   Prickett, Dalton ^a   Heniford, B Todd ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic splenectomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Splenic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0036706331     PISSN: 10517200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200208000-00017     Document Type: Article

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