True benefit or selection bias: An analysis of laparoscopic versus open splenectomy from the ACS-NSQIP

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1865-1871

  Ahad, Sajida ^a   Gonczy, Chad ^a   Advani, Vriti ^a   Markwell, Stephen ^a   Hassan, Imran ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopic splenectomy; morbidity and mortality; Open splenectomy; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84885069195     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2727-0     Document Type: Article

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