Contemporary pediatric splenectomy: Continuing controversies

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1165-1171

  Wood, James H ^a   Partrick, David A ^a   Hays, Taru ^a   Sauaia, Angela ^a   Karrer, Frederick M ^a   Ziegler, Moritz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital hemolytic anemia; Hereditary spherocytosis; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Minimally invasive surgery; Overwhelming post splenectomy sepsis; Pediatric splenectomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; ILEUS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054916628     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-011-2929-x     Document Type: Article

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