Laparoscopic versus open abdominal surgery in children with sickle cell disease is associated with a shorter hospital stay

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-606

  Goers, Trudie ^a   Panepinto, Julie ^b   DeBaun, Michael ^a   Blinder, Morey ^c   Foglia, Robert ^d   Oldham, Keith T ^b   Field, Joshua J ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Sickle cell disease; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEST PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SYNDROME;

EID: 38549136787     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21245     Document Type: Article

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