title: [Video laparoscopic splenectomy in a patient with splenomegaly due to hereditary spherocytosis: report of two cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital do SESI e Serviço de Cirurgía das Vias Biliares e Pâncreas, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: da Rocha
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bove
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Esplenectomia videolaparoscópica em paciente portador de esplenomegalia por esferocitose hereditária: relato de dois casos.