Conservative surgery for benign non-parasitic splenic cysts
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Application of Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy with Total Blood Flow Occlusion in Benign Splenic Lesions
Published on: December 20, 2024
A J Holland1, W D Ford, A J Bourne
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, SA 5006, Australia.
Pediatric Surgery International
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Benign, non-parasitic splenic cysts are an uncommon cause of splenomegaly in children. Potentially they may enlarge, causing pain, rupture, or haemorrhage, or become infected. Traditional management has been total splenectomy. We report two cases of true epithelial-lined splenic cysts successfully treated by partial splenectomy using an oxidised cellulose gauze 'sandwich' technique.
