Consecutive patients with laparoscopic splenectomy seen at the Department of Surgery and Sciences at Kyushu University from January 2003 to December 2006 were included if they had cirrhosis and ...
Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding; n ...