The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 6 , Pages 720-723 , June 2004

Laparoscopic splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

  • Jiann-Ming Wu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • I-Rue Lai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Ray-Hwang Yuan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Sen-Chang Yu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7 Chung-shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan 100, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: + 886-2-2312-3456; fax: + 886-2-2394-9675

Received 23 May 2003 ,Revised 11 November 2003

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PII: S0002-9610(04)00065-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.11.032

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 187, Issue 6 , Pages 720-723 , June 2004

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