Completely laparoscopic subtotal pancreatectomy with splenic artery preservation

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-174

  Boutros, Cherif ^a   Espat, N Joseph ^a   Somasundar, Ponnandai ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Outcome; Pancreatectomy; Splenic artery preservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749096012     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-0995-3     Document Type: Article

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