M F Herrera, R R Lozano-Salazar, P Bezaury, G Césarman, G Hernández, S A Sánchez, A Velázquez, X López-Karpovitch
OBJECTIVE: To describe the perioperative characteristics, complications and outcome of the first 22 patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy for refractary/recurrent ITP in our institution. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Clinical and biochemical characteristics, spleen size, indication for surgery, operative time, blood requirements, complications and outcome of 22 patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy between 1994 and 1997 were prospectively recorded. Their mean age was 40 +/- 15 (+/- SD), 15 females and 7 males...
March 1998: Revista de Investigación Clínica; Organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutrición