Outcome of laparoscopic splenectomy for malignant hematologic diseases

Tumori

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 229-232

  Cavaliere, Davide ^a   Torelli, Paolo ^a   Panaro, Fabrizio ^a   Casaccia, Marco ^a   Ghinolfi, Davide ^a   Santori, Gregorio ^a   Rossi, Edoardo ^a   Bacigalupo, Andrea ^a   Valente, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Laparoscopic surgery; Lymphoma; Splenectomy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYELOID METAPLASIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPERATION DURATION; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942597891     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160409000212     Document Type: Article

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