Safety zone for splenic hilar control during splenectomy: A computed tomography scan mapping of the tail of the pancreas in relation to the splenic hilum

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 890-894

  Saber, Alan A ^a,b   Helbling, Brandon ^a   Khaghany, Kamran ^b   Nirmit, Goel ^c   Pimental, Ronald ^b   Mcleod, Michael K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St John Hospital and Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLEEN SURGERY; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICS; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ADOLESCENT; INJURY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35848953170     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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