Laparoscopic splenopexy for a wandering spleen in a child.
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.
Lacreuse
Isabelle
I
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hôpitaux Universaires de Strasbourg, Université Louis Pasteur, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France. isatalon@free.fr
Moog
Raphael
R
Kauffmann
Isabelle
I
Méfat
Laure
L
Bailey
Charles
C
Becmeur
François
F
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