Perioperative outcomes of laparoscopic versus open splenectomy: A meta-analysis with an emphasis on complications

Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 647-653

  Winslow, Emily R ^a   Brunt, L Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0242635726     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(03)00312-X     Document Type: Article

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