Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery with a Pfannenstiel incision in β-Thalassemia patients: Initial experience

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1216-1220

  Leandros, Emmanuel ^a   Alexakis, Nicholas ^a,c   Albanopoulos, Konstadinos ^a   Dardamanis, Dimitris ^a   Karagiorga, Markisia ^b   Gomatos, Ilias ^a   Papadopoulos, Stefanos ^a   Bacoyiannis, Christos ^a   Bramis, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ag Sofia Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DEFERIPRONE; FERRIOXAMINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; BETA-THALASSEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746082411     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0542-7     Document Type: Article

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