NOTES-assisted transvaginal splenectomy: The next step in the minimally invasive approach to the spleen

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-222

  Targarona, Eduardo M ^a   Gomez, Cristina ^a   Rovira, Ramon ^a   Pernas, Juan Carlos ^a   Balague, Carmen ^a   Guarner Argente, Carlos ^a   Sainz, Sergio ^a   Trias, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endoscopic surgery; NOTES; Spleen; Transvaginal

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMINAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCAR FORMATION; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CYSTS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; VAGINA;

EID: 70349605206     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350609345488     Document Type: Article

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