U-stitching splenorraphy technique: Experimental and clinical study

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 208-212

  Tsaroucha, Alexandra K ^a,c   Pitiakoudis, Michail S ^a   Chanos, Georgios ^a   Chiotis, Anestis S ^b   Argyropoulou, Paraskevi I ^a   Prassopoulos, Panos ^a   Simopoulos, Constantinos E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Xanthi   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal trauma; Conservative treatment; Splenectomy; Splenic rupture; Splenorraphy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENORRHAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 18244368480     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2005.03328.x     Document Type: Review

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