Laparoscopic splenectomy: Consensus and debatable points

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 81-84

  Hani, Mohammed N Bani ^a   Qasaimeh, Ghazi R ^a   Bani Hani, Kamal E ^a   Alwaqfi, Nizar R ^a   Al Manasra, Abdel Rahman A ^a   Matanl, Yousef S ^a   El Radaideh, Khled M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956315786     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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