Laparoscopic vs Open Splenectomy
Open Access
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 134 (11) , 1263-1269
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.11.1263
Abstract
SINCE THE earliest reports of laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) in 1991 and 1992,1-4 it has grown to become one of the most widely performed laparoscopic solid-organ procedures. It is not yet commonly performed because elective splenectomy remains a relatively infrequent operation. Moreover, LS remains an advanced technique and, like other solid-organ laparoscopic procedures, poses specific technical challenges to be mastered, such as management of intracorporeal bleeding and specimen extraction.5Keywords
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