Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Splenectomy

Surgical Innovation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 126-134

  Targarona, Eduardo M ^a   Balagué, Carmen ^b   Trias, Manuel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hand assisted laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic splenectomy; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HAND; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SENSATION; SKILL; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPES; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTURE; REOPERATION; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84993737755     PISSN: 15533506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155335060100800206     Document Type: Article

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