Laparoscopic splenic procedures in children: Experience in 231 children

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 246, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-687

  Rescorla, Frederick J ^a   West, Karen W ^a   Engum, Scott A ^a   Grosfeld, Jay L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN CYST; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WANDERING SPLEEN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILEUS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHEROCYTOSIS, HEREDITARY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WANDERING SPLEEN;

EID: 34748899421     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318155abb9     Document Type: Article

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