Vanishing spleen after Nissen fundoplication: A case report

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-357

  Dijkman, Koen P ^b   Van Heurn, L W Ernest ^a   Leroy, Piet L J M ^a   Vos, Gijs D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asplenia; Nissen fundoplication; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN NECROSIS; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; NECROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; SPLENIC DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 59449103097     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0752-8     Document Type: Article

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