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V V Hrubnyk

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[Technical aspects of laparoscopic splenectomy].

For the period of four years 22 patients were operated on for surgical disease of spleen, using laparoscopic technologies. Laparoscopic splenectomy was performed in 12 patients, manually assisted laparoscopic splenectomy using the Pneumo Sleeve (Dexterity firm) system and with application of the self made construction pneumosleeve--in 10. The operation duration was from 110 to 220 minutes. The hospital stay of the patient after the operation had constituted 2-4 days. The experience of laparoscopic splenectomy performance gained witnesses the possibility of successful application of the method for the treatment of surgical diseases of spleen.

Adolescent↗

[The use of laparoscopic technique in the treatment of hepatic echinococcosis].

Laparoscopic intervention was performed in 39 patients with hepatic echinococcosis. The operation was conducted with the use of 3 trochars. Fibrous capsule was cleansed with the betadine solution or by non-focused laser radiation of YAG-laser. The operation lasted from 40 to 120 minutes with an average +/- SD (65.3 +/- 3.4) min. The transition to the laparotomy was not necessary. Mean duration of hospitalization was (3.6 +/- 1.2) days. All patients remained alive. 8 of them (20.5%) developed complications: in 5 the bile flowed out from the residual cavity following the drain, 2 developed the suppuration of post-operative wound. Patients were observed during 4-36 month after operation (an average 18 months). The recurrence of echinococcosis was diagnosed in 1 patient (5.9%).

Adolescent↗