Laparoscopic splenectomy of a wandering spleen with coincidental enormous splenomegaly
Ectopy of the spleen also referred to as wandering spleen is a rare condition and preferentially treated by laparoscopic splenopexy. However, in complicated cases with torsion and consecutive infarction of the spleen splenectomy is required. Performing the splenectomy of a wandering spleen laparosco...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2012-12-01
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| Series: | GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW |
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| Online Access: | http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/iprs/2012-1/iprs000014.shtml |
| Summary: | Ectopy of the spleen also referred to as wandering spleen is a rare condition and preferentially treated by laparoscopic splenopexy. However, in complicated cases with torsion and consecutive infarction of the spleen splenectomy is required. Performing the splenectomy of a wandering spleen laparoscopically has already been reported as a save therapeutic option. However, open splenectomy is usually preferred in case of massive splenomegaly for both, wandering and regular localized spleen. In this case report we describe a laparoscopic technique as alternative for conventional splenectomy in the case of a huge wandering spleen. |
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| ISSN: | 2193-8091 |