title: Laparoscopic splenopexy and gastropexy for wandering spleen associated with gastric volvulus.
abstract: Wandering spleen is not a common condition in childhood and has been described only rarely in association with gastric volvulus. The authors report the successful management of wandering spleen associated with gastric volvulus using laparoscopic splenopexy and gastropexy in a 4-year-old girl.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. okazakit@juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tadaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Rumi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Go
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miyano
authors.forename: Geoffrey J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Atsuyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamataka
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013154:Spleen / Q000601:surgery*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D050805:Wandering Spleen / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*