Single-port access: A feasible alternative to conventional laparoscopic splenectomy

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Targarona, Eduardo M ^a   Balague, Carmen ^a   Martinez, Carmen ^a   Pallares, Lluis ^a   Estalella, Laia ^a   Trias, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Single incision; Spleen; Umbilicus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCAR FORMATION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCAR;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76149099322     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1553350609353765     Document Type: Article

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