Laparoscopic Treatment of Splenomegaly
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Laparoscopic treatment of splenomegaly: a case for hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery.
HYPOTHESIS Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) is a safe therapeutic approach to remove megaspleens of any size. Conventional laparoscopic splenectomy for splenomegaly is difficult because of limited exposure and complex vascular control, with increased risk of intraoperative bleeding and conversion to open surgery. HALS can overcome some of these limitations, reducing the risk of convers...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2011.149