Hand-assisted laparoscopic partial splenectomy using an endopath monopolar sealer

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Okano, Keiichi ^a   Kakinoki, Keitaro ^a   Suto, Hironobu ^a   Oshima, Minoru ^a   Akamoto, Shintaro ^a   Hagiike, Masanobu ^a   Usuki, Hisashi ^a   Suzuki, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endopath monopolar sealer; Gelport; hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; partial splenectomy

Indexed keywords

SEALANT;

ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HAND ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; PALPATION; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 83055178762     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e3182311ee4     Document Type: Article

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