Abstract | BACKGROUND/AIMS: METHODS: From 2005 to 2009, 6 patients with prior PSE treatment underwent laparoscopic splenectomy. We reviewed the surgical method of laparoscopic splenectomy and the peri- and postoperative outcomes. RESULTS: Laparoscopic splenectomy effectively provided sufficient increases in patient platelet counts. In all patients, laparoscopic splenectomy was performed safely with no significant complications despite PSE-associated dense adhesion to the diaphragm and/or retroperitoneal attachments. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Naotaka Hashimoto, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Morimasa Tomikawa, Hirofumi Kawanaka, Kozo Konishi, Hideo Uehara, Nao Kinjo, Daisuke Korenaga, Kenji Takenaka, Yoshihiko Maehara |
Journal | Digestive surgery
(Dig Surg)
Vol. 27
Issue 6
Pg. 515-20
( 2010)
ISSN: 1421-9883 [Electronic] Switzerland |
PMID | 21196735
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
Topics |
- Aged
- Embolization, Therapeutic
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Hypersplenism
(complications)
- Laparoscopy
- Liver Cirrhosis
(complications)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Recurrence
- Salvage Therapy
- Spleen
(blood supply)
- Splenectomy
- Thrombocytopenia
(surgery, therapy)
- Treatment Outcome
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