Open AccessLaparoscopic Splenectomy and Lymph Node Biopsy for Hematologic Disorders
Author(s) -
Michael Rhodes,
Michael Rudd,
Nicholas O’Rourke,
L. K. Nathanson,
George Fielding
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199507000-00007
Subject(s) - medicine , splenectomy , lymph node biopsy , lymph node , biopsy , hematologic disorders , general surgery , spleen
The authors audit the introduction of laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic intra-abdominal lymph node biopsy and compare outcomes with a parallel cohort of patients undergoing open splenectomy.