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Laparoscopic Splenopexy for a Wandering Spleen in a Child

I. Lacreuse, R. Moog, Isabelle Kauffmann, L. Méfat, Charles Bailey, François Becmeur

Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques · 2007 · 15 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

We present a case of acute volvulus of a wandering spleen in a 5-year-old girl that was diagnosed preoperatively by computed tomography scan and which we treated with a laparoscopic splenopexy on an emergent basis.

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