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[Laparoscopic splenectomy: comments on the surgical technic]
S Contini1, R Dalla Valle, L G Villani
1Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Parma.
Acta Bio-Medica De L'Ateneo Parmense : Organo Della Societa Di Medicina E Scienze Naturali Di Parma
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
The authors describe the technique applied in their first case of laparoscopic splenectomy, in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Different technical approaches adopted by other surgeons are referred and discussed. The laparoscopic approach to splenectomy seems safe and allows the patients to re return to normal activity sooner than the "open" technique. Laparoscopy should be considered in patients who require splenectomy for benign disease.