LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATMENT OF SPLENIC DISORDERS - AN UPDATE

Authors
TRIAS M TARGARONA EM BENARROCH G FERNANDEZCRUZ L
Citation
M. Trias et al., LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATMENT OF SPLENIC DISORDERS - AN UPDATE, European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 9(8), 1997, pp. 750-755
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0954691X
Volume
9
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
750 - 755
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-691X(1997)9:8<750:LSFTOS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Laparoscopic splenectomy is a feasible and safe technique in the hands of skilled laparoscopic surgeons. The special characteristics of the spleen, a fragile solid organ with a rich vascularization, pose a numb er of technical questions (patient position, organ mobilization and re trieval) which have been successfully resolved during the last few yea rs and permit the advantages oi laparoscopic surgery to become availab le to patients that need splenectomy.