Open AccessLaparoscopic splenectomy in patients of β thalassemia: Our experience
Author(s) -
Nirmal M. Patle,
Om Tantia,
Prakash Kumar Sasmal,
Shashi Khanna,
Bimalendu Sen
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.68583
Subject(s) - medicine , splenectomy , thalassemia , surgery , general surgery , spleen
Laparoscopic splenectomy has become a standard treatment of various haematological disorders, but its feasibility in the setting of β thalassemia has not been established.