Laparoscopic splenopexy and gastropexy for wandering spleen associated with gastric volvulus.
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.
Okazaki
Tadaharu
T
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
Ohata
Rumi
R
Miyano
Go
G
Lane
Geoffrey J
GJ
Takahashi
Toshiaki
T
Yamataka
Atsuyuki
A
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*