Laparoscopic splenectomy: A 12-year single-center experience

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 766-768

  Chen, Bo ^a   Hu, San Yuan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Wang, Ke Xin ^a   Zhang, Guang Yong ^a   Zhang, Hai Feng ^b   Xuan, Shi Jin ^c   Wachtel, Mitchell S ^d   Frezza, Eldo E ^e  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LINYI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Operative procedures; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CAUTERIZATION; CHINA; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; HYPERSPLENISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SUBPHRENIC ABSCESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 51149114575     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200804020-00022     Document Type: Article

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