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European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2014; 02(01): 023-025
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1357262
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Single-Incision Laparoscopic Splenectomy and Splenic Autotransplantation for an Enlarged Wandering Spleen with Torsion

Shunsaku Katsura
1   Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
,
Daichi Kawamura
2   Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
,
Eijiro Harada
2   Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
,
Tadahiko Enoki
2   Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
,
Kimikazu Hamano
2   Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan
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12 June 2013

16 August 2013

Publication Date:
10 October 2013 (online)

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Abstract

A wandering spleen is a rare condition in which the spleen is not located in the left upper quadrant, but instead is found in the lower abdomen or in the pelvic region because of the laxity of the peritoneal attachments. The unusually long pedicle is susceptible to twisting, which can lead to ischemia, and eventually to necrosis. We herein report a case of an enlarged wandering spleen with torsion, successfully treated by single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy and autotransplantation. The transplanted splenic tissues could be identified on a spleen scintigram obtained 3 months after the surgery. Howell-Jolly bodies were not observed in blood specimens. This procedure is able to prevent an overwhelming postsplenectomy infection, and leads to satisfactory cosmetic results.

Keywords

wandering spleen - single umbilical incision - autotransplantation
 

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