TY - JOUR
T1 - Laparoscopic splenectomy
AU - Hashizume, Makoto
AU - Sugimachi, Keizo
AU - Kitano, Seigo
AU - Shimada, Mitsuo
AU - Baba, Hideo
AU - Ueno, Kiichiro
AU - Ohta, Masayuki
AU - Tomikawa, Morimasa
PY - 1994/6
Y1 - 1994/6
N2 - A technique for laparoscopic splenectomy is described. The patient is placed in the right semidecubitus position and pneumoperitoneum is prepared. The splenic artery and vein are exposed near the hilum, using a laparoscopic ultrasonic dissector. The larger vessels are doubly ligated, and the spleen is resected and maneuvered into a nylon surgical sack; the sack is removed through a 2-cm incision along the midaxillary line. This procedure has been used for four patients requiring splenectomy for benign disease, and the outcome has been entirely satisfactory for all concerned.
AB - A technique for laparoscopic splenectomy is described. The patient is placed in the right semidecubitus position and pneumoperitoneum is prepared. The splenic artery and vein are exposed near the hilum, using a laparoscopic ultrasonic dissector. The larger vessels are doubly ligated, and the spleen is resected and maneuvered into a nylon surgical sack; the sack is removed through a 2-cm incision along the midaxillary line. This procedure has been used for four patients requiring splenectomy for benign disease, and the outcome has been entirely satisfactory for all concerned.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9610(94)90109-0
DO - 10.1016/0002-9610(94)90109-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 8209939
AN - SCOPUS:0027984201
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 167
SP - 611
EP - 614
JO - American Journal of Surgery
JF - American Journal of Surgery
IS - 6
ER -