Zornig C, Emmermann A, Peiper M, Zschaber R, Brölsch C E
Abteilung für Allgemeinchirurgie, Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Hamburg.
Chirurg. 1993 Apr;64(4):314-6.
From August until October 1992 laparoscopic splenectomy has been performed upon three patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia. The splenic vessels were divided by an Endo-GIA. The spleen could be removed through a slightly extended trocar-incision. The Idiopathic thrombocytopenia without an enlarged spleen provides a possible indication for laparoscopic surgery.
