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A case of portal vein thrombosis after laparoscopy-assisted splenectomy and cholecystectomy in a child.
Journal of pediatric surgery - 1 Aug 2007
Rossi Enrica, Michelini Maria Elena, Pignatti Caterina Borgna, Zanotti Fausto, Franchella Andrea
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of an 8-year-old boy with a red cell membrane disorder who developed, soon after undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy and splenectomy, complete thrombosis of the right branch and a partial occlusion of the left branch of the portal vein. The child was affected by a right hemiparesis because of a hypoxic-ischemic disorder that occurred in the first hours of life and was heterozygous for the...
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