Structure of hilum of spleen

There is a current trend to reduce the invasiveness of minimally invasive procedures, and the single-incision laparoscopic… (More)

HYPOTHESIS The laparoscopic approach has become the gold standard for splenectomy despite the fact that the spleen is a solid… (More)

We evaluated outcomes of endovascular treatment of splenic artery aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. From April 2002 to May 2007, 17… (More)

BACKGROUND Preservation or removal of the spleen during total gastrectomy for proximal gastric cancer is a matter of debate… (More)

We performed splenectomy on patients with macroscopic advanced gastric cancer located at the proximal part of the stomach to… (More)

A randomized controlled trial has started in Japan to evaluate the role of splenectomy in the surgical management of gastric… (More)

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous imaging-guided biopsy in the… (More)

OBJECTIVE The authors audit the introduction of laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic intra-abdominal lymph node biopsy and… (More)

Splenectomy is performed routinely during distal pancreatectomy, yet the spleen has an important role in host defence and can… (More)

The incidence of metastases from gastric adenocarcinoma to various regional lymph node stations was studied after meticulous node… (More)