Laparoscopic splenectomy of a wandering spleen with coincidental enormous splenomegaly

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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Main Authors: Lemke, Johannes, Scheele, Jan, Juchems, Markus, Henne-Bruns, Doris, Brockschmidt, Claas
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2012-12-01
Series:GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW
Subjects:
wandering spleen
splenomegaly
laparoscopic splenectomy
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/iprs/2012-1/iprs000014.shtml

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