Laparoscopic splenectomy in an adipose elderly patient with symptomatic non-hodgkin Lymphoma-related splenomegaly and traumatic central splenic hematoma

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-197

  Granderath, Frank A ^a   Pointner, Rudolph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b General Public Hospital Zell am See   (Austria)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hematoma; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Laparoscopy; Splenic trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN HEMATOMA; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; OBESITY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748147711     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129689-200606000-00018     Document Type: Article

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