Laparoscopic splenectomy in a minimal resource setting: A case series from the caribbean

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Dan, Dilip ^a,b   Harnanan, Dave ^b   Gooden, Kirk ^b   Seetahal, Shiva ^b   Hariharan, Seetharaman ^a   Naraynsingh, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Minimal resources

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ILEUS; INCISIONAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METASTASIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954002784     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3181db7c5a     Document Type: Article

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