title: Laparoscopic splenectomy plus cholecystectomy for treating hereditary spherocytosis combined with cholelithiasis in siblings.
abstract: With the advancements that have been made in the field of minimally invasive surgery, combined laparoscopic procedures are now being performed for treating coexisting abdominal pathologies during the same surgery; this combined surgery thereby offers the maximum benefits to the patients. In this paper we describe how we perform laparoscopic splenectomy plus cholecystectomy at the same time to treat hereditary spherocytosis combined with cholelithiasis in two siblings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yoo-Shin
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ho-Seong
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yoo-Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jin-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Sun-Whe
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong-Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D035781:Siblings; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000601:surgery*; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*