Partial splenectomy for children with congenital hemolytic anemia and massive splenomegaly

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 466-472

  Diesen, Diana L ^a   Zimmerman, Sherri A ^a   Thornburg, Courtney D ^a   Ware, Russell E ^b   Skinner, Michael ^c   Oldham, Keith T ^d   Rice, Henry E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^d Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hemolytic anemia; Partial splenectomy; Spherocytosis; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEMATOCRIT; HEREDITARY HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL SPLEEN RESECTION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, CONGENITAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749151515     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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