Laparoscopic lymph node biopsy in intra-abdominal lymphoma: High diagnostic accuracy achieved with a minimally invasive procedure

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-178

  Casaccia, Marco ^a,c   Torelli, Paolo ^a   Cavaliere, Davide ^b   Panaro, Fabrizio ^a   Nardi, Ilaria ^a   Rossi, Edoardo ^a   Spriano, Mauro ^a   Bacigalupo, Andrea ^a   Gentile, Raffaella ^a   Valente, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Laparoscopy; Lymphadenopathy; Lymphoma; Neoplasm staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BIOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY;

EID: 34250810259     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31804b41c9     Document Type: Article

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