LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ACCESSORY SPLENIC TISSUE

Authors
MERCAN S SEVEN R ERBIL Y
Citation
S. Mercan et al., LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF ACCESSORY SPLENIC TISSUE, Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy, 6(4), 1996, pp. 330-331
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Surgical laparoscopy & endoscopy → ACNP
ISSN journal
10517200
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
330 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-7200(1996)6:4<330:LTOAST>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A case of persistent thrombocytopenia after open splenectomy for immun e thrombocytopenic purpura is presented. The accessory splenic tissue found by CT preoperatively was successfully treated using a laparoscop ic technique. The management of this first case in the world literatur e of accessory splenic tissue is reviewed.