Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for a huge splenic cyst: Operative technique and case report

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-116

  Yano, H ^a   Asaoka, T ^a   Iwazawa, T ^a   Kinuta, M ^a   Monden, T ^a   Okamoto, S ^a  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST RUPTURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SUPERINFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037386880     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109264203764654759     Document Type: Article

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