Salvage splenopexy for torsion of wandering spleen in a child.
The wandering spleen is a rare condition characterized by the absence or underdevelopment of one or all of the splenic suspensory ligaments that resulting in increased splenic mobility and rarely torsion. Preventing infarction is the aim of a prompt surgery by splenopexy. We report a case of salvage splenopexy in torsion of a wandering spleen in a three year old girl presented with severe abdominal pain for three days.
Department of Paediatric Surgery, SPMCHI, SMS Hospital, Jaipur India.
Ram Babu
RB
Goyal
Department of Paediatric Surgery, SPMCHI, SMS Hospital, Jaipur India.
Rahul
R
Gupta
Department of Paediatric Surgery, SPMCHI, SMS Hospital, Jaipur India.
Girish
G
Prabhakar
Department of Paediatric Surgery, SPMCHI, SMS Hospital, Jaipur India.
Praveen
P
Mathur
Department of Paediatric Surgery, SPMCHI, SMS Hospital, Jaipur India.
Tariq Ahmed
TA
Mala
Salvage splenopexy; Splenic torsion; Wandering spleen