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Single‐port laparoscopic splenectomy: The first three cases
Author(s) -
You Y.K.,
Lee S.K.,
Hong T.H.,
Kim J.G.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian journal of endoscopic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-5910
pISSN - 1758-5902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5910.2009.00016.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , umbilicus (mollusc) , thrombocytopenic purpura , splenectomy , laparoscopic surgery , port (circuit theory) , laparoscopy , open surgery , immune system , spleen , electrical engineering , engineering , immunology
In the past two decades, laparoscopic surgery has replaced open surgery in most abdominal surgeries, including splenectomies for which it has become the standard. Single‐port laparoscopic surgery is a newly emerging surgical technique that decreases postoperative scarring and parietal trauma. Herein we report on three cases of splenectomy in which single‐port laparoscopic surgery technique was applied. Between October 2008 and January 2009, a 13‐year‐old male suffering from grade‐III splenic trauma and two females, aged 33 and 61, respectively, and both diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura, underwent single‐port laparoscopic splenectomies. Preoperative and postoperative management, including vaccination, was performed in a routine manner. A 3.5 cm transverse incision at the anterior axillary line at umbilicus level was used as a single‐port entry point. The entire procedure took 195, 125 and 133 minutes, respectively. All patients recovered and were discharged without any complications.