Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy in a Case of Stable Blunt Abdominal Trauma

안정된 복부 둔상 환자에서 복강경하 비장 절제술

  • Cho, Hang-Joo (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kyoung, Yeon-Young (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Oh, Ju-Suk (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Oh, Young-Min (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choe, Se-Min (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choi, Kyoung-Ho (Department of Emergency Medicine, Uijongbu St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 조항주 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 경연영 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 오주석 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 오영민 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 최세민 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 최경호 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 의정부성모병원 응급의학과)
  • Received : 2010.07.28
  • Accepted : 2010.09.08
  • Published : 2010.12.30
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Abstract

Splenic rupture is a frequent surgical emergency in blunt abdominal trauma patients. There are several treatment options, including conservative treatment, a partial splenectomy, splenorrhaphy, and a splenectomy for splenic injury. Although reports on the safety and the efficacy of an elective laparoscopic splenectomy are abundant in the literature, a laparoscopic splenectomy for a ruptured spleen has only been reported in a few cases. We report a case of a laparoscopic splenectomy in the patient with Grade III traumatic splenic injury. To our knowledge, this is the first report in which a laparoscopic splenectomy was performed in Korea for the treatment of a traumatic splenic injury.

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