Laparoscopic versus open splenectomy in patients with beta thalassemia major

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-8

  Konstadoulakis, Manousos M ^a,b   Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel ^a   Antonakis, Pantelis T ^a   Albanopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Gomatos, Ilias ^a   Stamou, Konstantinos M ^a   Leandros, Emmanuel ^a   Manouras, Andreas ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPEN SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLENECTOMY; STANDARD; SURGERY; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33645326889     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.16.5     Document Type: Article

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