Minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of splenosis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-189

  Barbaros, Umut ^a   Dinççaǧ, Ahmet ^a   Kabul, Esin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Splenosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SPLENOSIS;

EID: 33748132926     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200606000-00016     Document Type: Article

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