The prevalence and morphometry of an accessory spleen: A meta-analysis and systematic review of 22,487 patients

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-28

  Vikse, Jens ^a,b   Sanna, Beatrice ^b,c   Henry, Brandon Michael ^c,d   Taterra, Dominik ^b   Sanna, Silvia ^c   Pękala, Przemysław A ^b   Walocha, Jerzy A ^b,d   Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A ^b,d  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b International Evidence Based Anatomy Working Group   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accessory spleen; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Immune thrombocytopenia; Meta analysis; Splenculi

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ASIA; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; MORPHOMETRY; NORTH AMERICA; PANCREAS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

ADULT; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 85025096592     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2017.07.045     Document Type: Review

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