Laparoscopic splenectomy plus cholecystectomy for treating hereditary spherocytosis combined with cholelithiasis in siblings.
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.
Choi
Yoo-Shin
YS
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Han
Ho-Seong
HS
Yoon
Yoo-Seok
YS
Jang
Jin-Young
JY
Kim
Sun-Whe
SW
Park
Yong-Hyun
YH
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*