Xin Wang, PhD, Yongbin Li, PhD, Hua Zhang, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD. Department of Hepatobiliopancreatic surgery, West China Hospital, Chengdu, China. Background: Traditionally, splenectomy is considered the treatment of choice for splenic lesions. The risk of early and late complications and the awareness of pivotal immunologic function of spleen, has pushed the development of spleen […]
Masataka Ikeda, MD, Mitsugu Sekimoto, MD, Koji Takami, MD, Motohiro Hirao, MD, Michihiko Miyazaki, MD, Hideyasu Ohmiya, MD, Atsushi Miyamoto, MD, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, MD, Tadashi Asaoka, MD, Masakazu Miyake, MD, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, MD, Naotsugu Haraguchi, MD, Shoji Nakamori, MD. Osaka National Hospital. Background: We have started single incision laparoscopic splenectomy (SILS) since 2009, and have […]
Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD. Hygeia Hospital. Introduction: Retroperitoneal adrenalectomy comprises an alternative approach in the management of adrenal tumors that has been set as the treatment of choice in our Institution. Since pheochromocytoma constitute the most challenging adrenal pathology, we assess the impact of retroperitoneal adrenalectomy in the management of hereditary and sporadic […]
Burhan Mayir, Tuna Bilecik, Umit Koc, Cemal Ozben Ensari, Mehmet Tahir Oruc, Nurullah Bulbuller. Antalya Education and Research Hospital. Introduction Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the preferred surgical procedure for the elective splenctomy. In this study, we present our experience with laparoscopic splenectomy. Matherial-Method The files of patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy reviewed retrospectively. Diagnosis, operation […]
Eric W Owings, MD, Sagar Gandhi, MD, Todd Nickloes, DO, Andrea M Alexander, MD. Univsity of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville. Introduction: Wandering spleen is a rare medical condition in which the spleen is not located in the left upper quadrant but rather in variable locations of the dependent abdomen due to the absence of peritoneal […]