Treatment of intermittent splenic torsion in polysplenia syndrome and wandering spleen by splenopexy

J. A. Bar-Maor, Y. Sweed

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Abstract

One patient with a wandering spleen and another with polysplenia syndrome are presented. Both patients suffered from abdominal pain due to partial torsion of the splenic pedicles. Splenopexy rather than splenectomy is the treatment of choice in these patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)130-133
Number of pages4
JournalPediatric Surgery International
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1989
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Polysplenia syndrome
  • Splenopexy
  • Wandering spleen

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