Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 457-464, May 2009

Diameter of splenic vein is a risk factor for portal or splenic vein thrombosis after laparoscopic splenectomy

  • Katsuki Danno, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Masataka Ikeda, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Masataka Ikeda, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, E2-2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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  • Mitsugu Sekimoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Tomoyuki Sugimoto, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bio-Medical Statistics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Ichiro Takemasa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Hirofumi Yamamoto, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Yuichiro Doki, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Morito Monden, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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  • Masaki Mori, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Accepted 23 June 2008.

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PII: S0039-6060(08)00469-8

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2008.06.030

Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 457-464, May 2009