title: Laparoscopic splenopexy for a wandering spleen in a child.
abstract: We present a case of acute volvulus of a wandering spleen in a 5-year-old girl that was diagnosed preoperatively by computed tomography scan and which we treated with a laparoscopic splenopexy on an emergent basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpitaux Universaires de Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France. isatalon@free.fr
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lacreuse
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moog
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kauffmann
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Méfat
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Becmeur
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D013154:Spleen / Q000601:surgery*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014102:Torsion Abnormality