Anaesthetic implications of laparoscopic splenectomy in patients with sickle cell anaemia.
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Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12. rdoodnath@gmail.comIssue Date
2012-02-01T10:23:41ZMeSH
Anemia, Sickle Cell/*complicationsBlood Transfusion/statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Laparoscopy
Male
*Splenectomy/methods
Splenic Infarction/*etiology/surgery
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Ir Med J. 2010 Apr;103(4):121-2.Journal
Irish medical journalPubMed ID
20486319Abstract
With the increasing immigrant population in the Republic of Ireland, the number of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) seen in the paediatric hospitals is climbing. In this case report, we review the anaesthetic implications and outcome of the first two paediatric patients with SCD to have a laparoscopic splenectomy due to repeated splenic infarcts in the Republic of Ireland.Language
engISSN
0332-3102 (Print)0332-3102 (Linking)
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