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Efficacy and surgical procedures of preoperative splenic artery embolization for laparoscopic splenectomy of a massive splenomegaly: A case report

Here, we describe the case of a 58-year-old woman diagnosed with massive splenomegaly with a malignant lymphoma that had a maximum diameter of 24 cm. Splenectomy was indicated because of thrombocytopenia and abdominal distention. Therefore, a balloon catheter was inserted preoperatively through the...

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Autores principales: Nitta, Toshikatsu, Fujii, Kensuke, Kawasaki, Hiroshi, Takasaka, Isao, Kawata, Shuhei, Onaka, Masahiko, Ishibashi, Takashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26479782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.10.002