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Laparoscopic splenectomy experience in the University Hospital “Dr. José Eleuterio González”
R.G. Cueto-Ramos
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Corresponding author at: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Francisco I. Madero y Av. Gonzalitos s/n, colonia Mitras Centro, C.P. 64460, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico. Tel.: +52 01 81 83467198.
, G.E. Muñoz-Maldonado, M.A. Hernández-Guedea, J.R. Fernández-Treviño, Q.G. Limas-Rodríguez
General Surgery Service of the “Dr. José E. González” University Hospital of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Mexico
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the knowledge of the distribution of the splenic vascularization is of utmost importance&#46; The challenges are the release of different support elements&#44; vascular pedicle control and the removal of the excised tissue&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0105"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a></p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The continuous development of surgical skills and growing technological advances have allowed surgeons to reproduce&#44; through the use of laparoscopy&#44; most open surgical techniques&#59; however&#44; in order for a minimally invasive procedure to have universal acceptance&#44; it must meet some conditions&#58; it must be reproducible&#44; morbidity and mortality rates ought to be comparable or lower&#44; base disease control must be equal or better to the results of the open approach&#44; and it must have additional benefits for patients&#44; such as less postoperative pain&#44; a shorter in-hospital stay&#44; a faster return to everyday activities or better cosmetic results&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a></p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Approach in the surgical technique &#40;supine &#8211; anterior &#8211; semilateral&#44; lateral&#41; is the choice of the surgeon and based on the concomitant conditions&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0110"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> The most utilized technique in most hospitals is the technique described by Targarona&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0115"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a></p><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The objective of this document is to present an experience with LS in the &#8220;Dr&#46; Jos&#233; E&#46; Gonz&#225;lez&#8221; University Hospital between January 2008 and October 2014</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0040">Materials and methods</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The study was conducted using a retrospective and descriptive analysis of clinical and surgical aspects of all patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy between January 2008 and October 2014&#44; at the General Surgery Service of the &#8220;Dr&#46; Jos&#233; E&#46; Gonz&#225;lez&#8221; University Hospital&#46;</p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Different variables were inputed in a database including&#58; age&#44; sex&#44; diagnostic&#44; operative data &#40;operative time&#44; blood loss&#44; presence of accessory spleen&#44; spleen weight&#44; conversion&#44; surgical technique&#41; and postoperative data &#40;major and minor postoperative complications&#44; re-interventions and in-hospital stay length&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The inclusion criteria for the study were&#58; all patients who underwent LS at the &#8220;Dr&#46; Jos&#233; E&#46; Gonz&#225;lez&#8221; University Hospital between January 2008 and October 2014&#44; independently of age range or gender&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The surgical technique utilized in all patients is described below&#46; After the inductions of general anesthesia and endotracheal intubation&#44; the patient is placed in a right lateral decubitus position with a 60&#176; angle&#46; The surgeon remains on the right side of the patient&#59; the camera assistant is to the right of the surgeon and the first assistant on the left of the patient&#46; The pneumoperitoneum is insufflated using the Hasson technique and by maintaining intra-abdominal pressure between 12 and 15<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm Hg&#46; Four trocars are placed&#44; &#40;2 of 5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm and the other 2 of 10<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm&#41; using 30&#176; optics&#46; The patient is given an orientation in inverted Trendelenburg at 15&#176;&#44; this maneuver allows the spleen to be suspended by its diaphragmatic ligaments&#44; while the force of gravity retracts the stomach&#44; transverse colon and the greater omentum to an inferior position&#46; The abdomen is systematically examined in order to rule out an accessory spleen before starting dissection to avoid darkening of the visual field with cloths&#46; Dissection is performed in 5 stages&#58; division of splenocolic ligament&#44; lower-pole vessel ligation&#44; control of vascular hilum&#44; division of short gastric vessels and detachment of diaphragmatic ligaments&#46; The division of the different splenic ligaments is performed using a harmonic scalpel &#40;Harmonic Shears&#59; Ethicon<span class="elsevierStyleSup">&#174;</span>&#44; Cincinnati&#44; Ohio&#41; and hilum control through the use of medium&#8211;large titanium staples &#40;Titanium clips&#59; Weck Horizon&#41;&#44; two proximal and one distal&#44; in the splenic vein and artery&#46; Once the specimen is resected it is placed in an extraction bag previously inserted in the abdominal cavity&#46; The piece is morcellated&#44; and then the small fragments are extracted with the use of banding pliers and an aspirator&#44; avoiding spilling of the content in the cavity&#46; Closed drainage systems were placed in every patient&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0045">Results</span><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A total of 14 laparoscopic splenectomies were performed between January 2008 and October 2014&#46; There were 8 women and 6 men&#44; representing 57&#46;14&#37; and 42&#46;86&#37;&#44; respectively&#44; with a mean age of 20&#46;6 years &#40;range 1&#8211;65 years&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Indications for splenectomy included the following diagnosis&#58; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura &#40;ITP&#41;&#44; 10 patients&#44; 71&#37;&#59; hereditary spherocytosis&#44; 2 patients&#44; 14&#37;&#59; sickle cell anemia and thalassemia&#44; 1 patient&#44; 7&#37;&#59; pyruvate kinase deficient hemolytic anemia&#44; 1 patient&#44; 7&#37; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0010">Table 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Mean operative time was 177&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>min &#40;range 110&#8211;255<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>min&#41; and mean intraoperative hemorrhage was 223&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ml &#40;range 100&#8211;900<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>ml&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A concurrent procedure was performed in one case &#40;7&#37;&#41;&#44; represented by cholecystectomy&#46; Accessory spleens were identified in 3 patients &#40;21&#37;&#41;&#46; Mean spleen weight was 187&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#46; &#40;range 50&#8211;900<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#41;&#46; Mean postoperative hospital stay was 3&#46;35 days &#40;range 2&#8211;16 days&#41;&#46; There was no surgical re-intervention&#46; The 4 trocar right lateral decubitus approach was the preferred method for all patients&#46;</p><p id="par0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Conversion to laparotomy occurred in one patient &#40;7&#37;&#41; due to uncontrollable bleeding with splenomegaly &#40;900<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#41; &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0015">Table 3</a>&#41;&#46; The same patient presented as a postoperative complication&#44; a sub-phrenic abscess drained by radio-interventionism using a universal catheter&#44; thus prolonging the patient&#39;s hospital stay to 16 days&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0015"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0050">Discussion</span><p id="par0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The benefits of laparoscopic surgery are undeniable and well-known&#46; In the case of splenectomy&#44; the main observed advantages are the presence of less postoperative pain&#44; immediate reinstatement of the intestinal passage&#44; shorter postoperative in-hospital stay&#44; a quicker return to everyday activities and excellent cosmetic results&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0120"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">LS disadvantages include the need to train the surgical team&#44; a requirement of longer surgical time in comparison to conventional surgery and an increment in costs&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0125"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">ITP is the most common indication for LS and in combination with hereditary spherocytosis involves 40&#8211;100&#37; of the cases in most of the reported series&#46; In ITP&#44; the size of the spleen in characteristically lower&#44; due to splenic infarction&#44; this can facilitate its laparoscopic manipulation as well as its extraction&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0130"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> Preoperative information is of particular relevance in order to achieve a better planning for the laparoscopic approach&#46; For experienced surgeons&#44; as well as those with less experience&#44; LS has a higher morbidity and a higher conversion risk when dealing with patients with splenomegaly&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0135"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> Targarona et al&#46; found a direct correlation between conversion incidence and the weight of the spleen&#46; The conversion rate was 0&#37; when the spleen weighed between 400 and 1000<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#44; 25&#37; when it weighed more than 1000<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g and 75&#37; when it weighed more than 3000&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0140"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> However&#44; Owera et al&#46; established that despite higher surgical times&#44; LS recovery time is shorter and less torpid&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0145"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a></p><p id="par0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Due to the high volumes and pressures involved in spleens&#44; in addition to splenomegaly and the vascular congestion that is usually present in these illnesses&#44; on top of the fragility of the splenic capsule&#44; a hemorrhage at this level is hard to control in some situations in open technique as well as in laparoscopy&#44; 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in the gastro-splenic or splenic-renal ligaments&#44; inside the pancreatic tail&#44; on the wall of the intestine or colon&#44; in the greater omentum or the mesentery&#44; and even in the pelvis or scrotum&#46; The detection and characterization of accessory spleens are important due to 3 problems&#46; First&#44; the accessory spleens may be symptomatic&#44; presenting torsion&#44; spontaneous rupture&#44; hemorrhage or cystic formation&#46; Second&#44; it is necessary to detect them when dealing with patients with hematologic diseases which require splenectomy and which could remain sub-treated if the functional splenic tissue is not removed in full&#46; Finally&#44; accessory spleens can be confused with lymphatic adenopathy or tumors of other organs&#46; Usual accessory spleen diagnosis is performed using a tomography&#44; finding an image with precise margins&#44; in general smaller than 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#44; and capturing a homogenous shape with a similar density to the main spleen in its phases with and without contrast&#46; In cases where there is a diagnostic doubt and there is a suspicion of an accessory spleen&#44; the use of centelleographic studies with elements which are taken by the splenic tissue is prescribed&#46; Among these studies a few stand out&#44; like centelleograms with 111 in-labeled platelets&#44; technetium Tc-99m Sulfur Colloid&#44; and heat-denatured red blood cells labeled with technetium-99m &#40;Tc-99m DRBC&#41;&#44; the latter being the most specific because it presents a reduced capture by the liver&#44; resulting in a better contrast of white tissue&#46;</p><p id="par0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the cases of our study&#44; we were not counting on a diagnostic suspicion because of previous image studies and accessory spleen identification as a result of rigorous surgical examination in the operative field as well as the route of the fixing elements of the spleen&#46; The methodology was performed through the inspection and dissection of the spleen&#39;s peripheral structures using laparoscopic instruments&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0160"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15&#44;16</span></a></p><p id="par0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The frequency of conversion in the literature ranges from 3&#37; to 8&#37;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a>&#44; which corresponds with the data shown by our study&#44; and most conversions occur as a consequence of bleeding or difficulty in the dissection&#44; especially in patients with a large splenomegaly&#46;</p><p id="par0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The reported learning curve in the literature for this surgery is 20 procedures&#44; as a standard to accomplish better results and benefits from this surgery&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0170"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a> This technique is imperative to be taken into account as a part of every general surgeon&#39;s training&#44; even when the vast majority of prescriptions represent hematologic diseases&#46; Our objective was not to evaluate the response of these diseases to surgical treatment but to prove the safety and efficacy of the approach&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0055">Conclusions</span><p id="par0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">LS can be considered as a safe and effective procedure in benign hematological diseases and can be regularly used in our environment&#46; It provides the advantages of minimally invasive surgery with a lower morbidity and mortality compared with open surgery&#44; placing it as the first choice for hematologic diseases which require a surgical approach&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0030" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0060">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0065">Funding</span><p id="par0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">No financial support was provided&#46;</p></span></span>"
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