[Video laparoscopic splenectomy in a patient with splenomegaly due to hereditary spherocytosis: report of two cases].
We present a case report of laparoscopic splenectomy in two patients with congenital spherocytosis. A 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman with splenomegaly due to congenital spherocytosis underwent laparoscopic splenectomy. Their postoperative course was uncomplicated and they were discharged on the second and fourth postoperative day, respectively.
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Hospital do SESI e Serviço de Cirurgía das Vias Biliares e Pâncreas, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods
Esplenectomia videolaparoscópica em paciente portador de esplenomegalia por esferocitose hereditária: relato de dois casos.