Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for blunt trauma in a 10-year-old child

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Gow, Kenneth W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC DISTAL PANCREATECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREATECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78651348835     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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