Trends in laparoscopic splenectomy for massive splenomegaly

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 755-761

  Grahn, Sarah W ^a   Alvarez III, Jesus ^a   Kirkwood, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747623036     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.141.8.755     Document Type: Article

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