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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

1. Which doctor does splenectomy? The splenectomy surgery is usually done by a general surgeon who is familiar with the procedure. 2. How can you live without a spleen? Though the spleen is important, ...