Abstract | INTRODUCTION: Though, in developed countries, laparoscopy is now a gold standard for splenectomy, we are lacking in this aspect in the eastern world. Splenectomy has mostly been performed by open surgery in our region. This is our effort to introduce laparoscopic splenectomy in our country. METHODS: This is a retrospective cohort study done in patients presenting to hematology and surgery department of our hospital who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy for hematological diseases from January 2013 to December 2016. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic splenectomy could be successfully contemplated in patients with hematological diseases, especially if spleen is normal or only mildly enlarged, and is an advantageous alternative to open splenectomy. Absence of ideal resources has not limited our progress in minimal access approach.
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Authors | Vikal Chandra Shakya, Bikram Byanjankar, Rabin Pandit, Anang Pangeni, Anir Ram Moh Shrestha, Bishesh Poudyal |
Journal | Minimally invasive surgery
(Minim Invasive Surg)
Vol. 2018
Pg. 4256570
( 2018)
ISSN: 2090-1445 [Print] United States |
PMID | 30155296
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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