April 22, 2010 (Landover, Maryland) — New data presented here at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery suggest that, despite the ...

Laparoscopy splenectomy has been a preferred choice over open surgery, but limited studies dealing with laparoscopy splenectomy plus pericardial devascularization (LSPD) for elderly patients are ...

The first laparoscopic splenectomy in a child was performed by Tulman in 1993 [1]. During the following years laparoscopic splenectomy became a gold standard in many centres [2, 3]. In our department ...

Although routine pathology review of tissue specimens after splenectomy is clinically beneficial for patients with splenomegaly, abnormal imaging results, a previous diagnosis of cancer, or a grossly ...