Laparoscopic liver biopsy performed safely in a child with hepatic dysfunction: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 712-713

  Kimura, Takuya ^a   Nakajima, Kiyokazu ^a   Wasa, Masafumi ^a   Hasegawa, Toshimichi ^a   Soh, Hideki ^a   Mushiake, Sohtaro ^a   Okada, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Children; Graft versus host disease; Laparoscopic liver biopsy; Laparoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; OPERATION DURATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LASER COAGULATION; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 0041333870     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-002-2554-3     Document Type: Article

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