title: Laparoscopic ligation of splenic artery aneurysm.
abstract: Efforts should be made to avoid splenectomy because host resistance is maintained by the spleen. We describe here a 50-year-old woman in whom laparoscopic ligation of a splenic artery aneurysm 3.0 cm in diameter was successfully performed, without major complications. Computed tomography performed 5 months later revealed no infarction in the spleen. For this patient with liver cirrhosis and cholelithiasis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed at the same operation. Laparoscopic surgery is most feasible when the splenic artery is markedly tortuous and protrudes from the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashizume
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okadome
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugimachi
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000601:surgery*