Indications and complications of splenectomy for children with sickle cell disease

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1909-1915

  Al Salem, Ahmed H ^a  

^a Maternity and Children Hospital ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acute splenic sequestration crisis; Hypersplenism; Massive splenic infarction; Morbidity; Mortality; Sickle cell disease; Splenectomy; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERSPLENISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 33750711058     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.06.020     Document Type: Article

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