Laparoscopic excision of splenic hydatid cyst |
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| Authors: | Gharaibeh K I |
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| Affiliation: | Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Princess Basma Teaching Hospital, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. kiag@go.com.jo |
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| Abstract: | Hydatid disease of the spleen is a rare condition. The standard treatment is open total or partial splenectomy. Recently hand assisted laparoscopic total splenectomy for splenic hydatid cyst has been reported. A case is described of splenic hydatid cyst in a 45 year old man that was excised laparoscopically; the related literature is reviewed. |
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| Keywords: | hydatid disease spleen laparoscopy Jordan |
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