Laparoscopic splenectomy in children: Experience in a single institution

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-234

  Patkowski, Dariusz ^a   Chrzan, Rafał ^a   Wróbel, Grazyna ^a   Sokół, Agnieszka ^a   Dobaczewski, Grzegorz ^a   Apoznański, Wojciech ^a   Zaleska Dorobisz, Urszula ^a   Czernik, Jerzy ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247645417     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2006.0058     Document Type: Review

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