Laparoscopic Versus Open Splenectomy for Hypersplenism Secondary to Liver Cirrhosis

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Zhu, Jin Hui ^a   Wang, Yue Dong ^a   Ye, Zai Yuan ^a   Zhao, Ting ^a   Zhu, Yang Wen ^a   Xie, Zhi Jie ^a   Liu, Jin Ming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hypersplenism; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLON PERFORATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SPLENECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN SPLENECTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68549125264     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181a6ec7c     Document Type: Article

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