Exposure of Splenic Hilum Increases Safety of Laparoscopic Splenectomy

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-25

  Machado, Marcel Autran C ^a,b   Makdissi, Fábio F ^a   Herman, Paulo ^a   Montagnini, André L ^a   Sallum, Rubens A A ^a   Machado, Marcel C C ^a  

^a Hospital Cancer Registry   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Splenectomy; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAMARTOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPHEROCYTOSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 1442330207     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200402000-00006     Document Type: Article

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