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Laparoscopic splenectomy: initial laboratory experience
D Gossot1, H Debiolles, M el Meteini
1Department of Surgery, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France.
Endoscopic Surgery and Allied Technologies
|February 1, 1993
Abstract:
An experimental study was conducted in an animal model to test the feasibility of laparoscopic splenectomy. Twelve pigs were operated on. The splenectomy was feasible in 10 cases. However, a splenic injury occurred in five cases and the average blood loss was 80 ccm. We concluded that laparoscopy is feasible in an experimental model but is not a safe and easy procedure. Clinical applications should probably be limited to selected cases.