Robotic Splenectomy
July 17, 2009
A. Coratti, A. Lombardi, G. Caravaglios, L. Felicioni, M. Annecchiarico, G. Calamati, F. Coratti, L. Moraldi, S. Tumbiolo
SUMMARY
This is a case of a 15 year-old man thalasso-drepanocytosis with symptomatic splenomegaly and hypersplenism. Spleen occupied the entire left emi-abdomen of the boy. The robotic technology, in fact, thanks to three-dimensional vision and freedom of movement of the instruments, we allowed a meticulous preparation of the splenic artery on the upper edge of pancreas, where it has been controlled and temporarily clamped by bulldog.
