VERTICAL PARTIAL SPLENECTOMY FOR EPIDERMOID CYST

Benign lesions of the spleen usually can be surgically removed by part ial splenectomy. When the lesion is longitudinal and occupies most or the entire length of the spleen, partial splenectomy using the common surgical technique, based on the distribution of the organ's blood sup ply, is impossible. A new approach for ''vertical'' partial splenectom y for epidermoid cyst is described, using splenic artery occlusion and straight suture needles. (C) 1995 by W.B. Saunders Company