Laparoscopic splenectomy: A personal series of 140 consecutive cases

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-402

  Pattenden, Clare J ^a   Mann, Christopher D ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew S ^a   Dyer, Martin ^a   Lloyd, David M ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955287709     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12664192076133     Document Type: Article

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