Radiofrequency-assisted partial splenectomy with a new and simple device

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-254

  Itamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukuda, Saburo ^a   Tashiro, Hirotaka ^a   Ohdan, Hideki ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Partial splenectomy; Radiofrequency energy; Splenic cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN PERFUSION; PARENCHYMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; CYSTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746216261     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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