Evaluation of 39 pediatric cases who underwent open and laparoscopic splenectomy: A retrospective cohort study

Aim: In children, aside from trauma-related splenic injury and splenic cysts, splenectomy is frequently performed in hematological diseases due to splenomegaly and thrombocytopenia. The most preferred method in children in the past years was open splenectomy. Today, laparoscopic splenectomy has beco...

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Main Authors: Ozgur Caglar, Ahmet Salman, Murat Yigiter, Ömer Topuz, Meriban Karadogan, Agah Mansiroglu, Binali Firinci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Surgery and Medicine
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/josam/issue/55844/750525