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Robot-assisted Partial Splenectomy
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2026
This protocol describes a robot-assisted partial splenectomy for a benign splenic tumor. The robotic approach optimizes spleen preservation by enhancing surgical precision, minimizing blood loss, and improving postoperative outcomes. Key surgical steps include meticulous splenic hilum dissection, selective vascular ligation, intraoperative ultrasonography, and controlled parenchymal transection.
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Application of Microwave Ablation in Laparoscopic Partial Splenectomy
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2024
The use of laparoscopic partial splenectomy has been limited due to the high risk of bleeding during surgery. Therefore, we introduce a laparoscopic method combined with microwave ablation to solve the problem of intraoperative bleeding.
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Blind Procedures
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2020
Ideally, the people who observe and record the children’s behavior are unaware of who was assigned to the experimental or control group, in order to control for experimenter bias. Experimenter bias refers to the possibility that a researcher’s expectations might skew the results of the study. Remember, conducting an experiment requires a lot of planning, and the people involved in the research project have a vested interest in supporting their hypotheses. If the observers knew which child was...
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Laparoscopic Splenectomy with Pericardial Devascularization for Hypersplenism and Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage Due to Portal Hypertension
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2024
With the rapid advancement of laparoscopic techniques, the minimally invasive benefits of laparoscopic splenectomy combined with pericardial devascularization have become increasingly evident. In this context, we present a protocol for performing laparoscopic splenectomy alongside pericardial devascularization to treat hypersplenism and esophageal variceal hemorrhage resulting from portal hypertension.
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Basic Care Procedures
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2016
Source: Kay Stewart, RVT, RLATG, CMAR; Valerie A. Schroeder, RVT, RLATG. University of Notre Dame, IN Mice and rats account for a large proportion of the animals used in biomedical research. Ensuring their welfare is both an ethical responsibility and essential for scientific validity. There are general procedures that apply to the majority of these mice and rats, but some of the animals, such as the immunocompromised ones, require additional steps to be taken to sustain them for...
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Splenectomy specimens can help cancer researchers examine whether disease has reached splenic tissue and how tumor involvement relates to local immune-cell interactions. Analysis may also address blood-related abnormalities identified in the patient. These observations connect tissue findings with broader questions about disease biology and the effects of altered splenic function in cancer-related investigations.
Loss of splenic function is important because clinical studies can examine its relationship to infection risk, inflammation, and treatment outcomes. This makes splenectomy relevant beyond the removed tissue: investigators can connect altered splenic function with disease findings and treatment observations, while postoperative monitoring supplies information about patient responses.
Blood-vessel control and assessment of nearby structures are essential because removing the spleen requires attention to bleeding and surrounding anatomy. Surgeons address vessels during removal and evaluate adjacent structures as part of limiting complications. This principle applies whether the operation uses an open or minimally invasive approach, making both safeguards central to the procedure.
The procedure begins with careful patient selection, followed by removal of the spleen through either an open or minimally invasive approach. Surgeons then control the relevant blood vessels and assess nearby structures to limit bleeding and other complications. Afterward, postoperative monitoring helps evaluate the patient as splenic function has been lost.
Researchers may use splenectomy when obtaining splenic tissue can support analysis of tumor involvement, immune-cell interactions, or blood-related abnormalities. The procedure also creates an opportunity for clinical studies to evaluate how altered splenic function relates to infection risk, inflammation, and treatment outcomes. Its value therefore spans both specimen-based and patient-response research.
Patient selection helps determine whether the procedure is appropriate for the disease-related question and clinical circumstances. Postoperative monitoring then provides information about outcomes associated with loss of splenic function, including infection risk, inflammation, and treatment response. Together, these steps help researchers interpret tissue findings alongside the patient’s subsequent clinical course.