Advances in pediatric surgery

Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons (대한소아외과학회)
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Experience of Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Three Children

소아에서의 복강경 비장적출술 3예 치험

  • Oh, Jung-Tak (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Woo-Jung (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Seok-Joo (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hwang, Eui-Ho (Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 오정탁 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 이우정 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 한석주 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실) ;
  • 황의호 (연세대학교 의과대학 외과학교실)
  • Published : 1997.12.30
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Abstract

Three cases of laparoscopic splenectomy for hereditary spherocytosis are reported. The average operation time was 100 minutes. This was longer than traditional open splenectomy for the same entity(63 minutes). Average hospitalization period was 3 days. This was shorter than the hospitalization period for the traditional group(6.2 days).

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