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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
Medknow Publications
ISSN: 0972-9941 EISSN: 0972-9941
Vol. 7, No. 1, 2011, pp. 68-70
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Bioline Code: ma11013
Full paper language: English
Document type: Special Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2011, pp. 68-70
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Single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy with innovative gastric traction suture
Srikanth, G.; Wasim, M. D.; Sajjad, A. & Shetty, Neel
Abstract
Laparoscopic splenectomy is now the gold standard for patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) undergoing splenectomy. There are a few reports in literature on single-incision laparoscopic (SIL) splenectomy. Herein, we describe a patient undergoing SIL splenectomy for ITP without the use of a disposable port device. We report a 20-year-old female patient with steroid-refractory ITP having a platelet count of 14,000/cmm who underwent a SIL splenectomy. Dissection was facilitated by the use of a single articulating grasper and a gastric traction suture and splenic vessels were secured at the hilum with an endo-GIA stapler. She made an uneventful postoperative recovery and was discharged on the second postoperative day. She is doing well with no visible scar at 8-month follow-up.
Keywords
Gastric traction suture, ITP, single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy
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