Fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of the spleen was performed on 50 patients, of whom 40 had had a previous diagnosis of malignancy (23 lymphoproliferative disorders, 13 carcinomas, 3 melanomas, and 1 sarcoma). The cytologic diagnoses included 22 cases positive for malignancy (10 lymphomas, 9 met
Use of the ultrasonic aspirator in splenic preservation
β Scribed by C. P. Nnochiri; Mr. M. Rees; R. J. Heald
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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β¦ Synopsis
Conservation of splenic function is now generally regarded as a desirable objective in the management of splenic injury or disease'. Attempts to preserve a viable splenic remnant have led to various techniques that testify to surgical ingenuityzp4. Two cases of hemisplenectomy using the ultrasonic surgical aspirator are presented.
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