Laparoscopic splenectomy for splenic artery aneurysm

Abstract

A clinical case of laparoscopic splenectomy with resection of an aneurysmically altered splenic artery is presented. A 55-year-old female patient was diagnosed with a splenic artery aneurysm on computed tomography. Performed transfemoral angiography – fusiform aneurysm, X-ray endovascular embolization is not feasible. The operation was performed laparoscopy, resection of the aneurysm of the proximal splenic artery, splenectomy. The postoperative period was uneventful. The patient was discharged with recovery. The possibility of performing such a surgical intervention was due to the anatomical and topographic conditions of the location of the aneurysm and was aimed at achieving radical treatment with low invasiveness and trauma of the intervention.

Keywords

• aneurysm
• splenectomy
• laparoscopy