Introduction. Currently, there are different views on the treatment of non-parasitic spleen cysts in children. The choice of method of treatment is under discussion. The aim of our study was to evaluate and analyze the immediate and long-term results of surgical interventions performed on nonparasitic spleen cysts in children. Material and methods. There are presented results of surgical treatment of the 21 patient, who was on treatment at the Department of Abdominal Surgery of the Russian Children Clinical Hospital over the period from 2013 to 2016. Patients were examined by means of ultrasound of the abdominal cavity, CT, MRI. All patients have been operated. 22 surgical interventions were performed by using laparoscopic access, out of which 2 partial resections of the spleen, 1 splenectomy, 19 fenestrations of spleen cysts.Results. During the course of the operation and in the immediate postoperative period there were no complications. Patients were observed for the period of from 1 year to 3 years. Good results of treatment were obtained in 20 (95.2%) children. In a long-term period a relapse occurred in the one patient one year after the operation. The patient was reoperated, splenectomy was performed. Conclusion. The surgical treatment of spleen cysts is the basic one. It is indicated for cysts sized larger than 5 cm and cysts with clinical symptoms. Minimally invasive interventions in children are optimal because of their low traumatism and good cosmetic effect. Our study showed a high efficiency of laparoscopic operations in children suffered from non-parasitic spleen cysts with good long-term results.
BACKGROUND: Parry Romberg syndrome or progressive hemifacial atrophy is a rare disease that is usually unilateral with soft and hard tissue atrophy. Surgical treatment is conducted in different ways and only with pronounced cosmetic and functional defects. Currently, no randomized trials and clinical recommendations are reported on the choice of surgical methods of Parry Romberg syndrome intervention. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the microsurgical method for correcting facial cosmetic defects in Parry Romberg syndrome. CASE REPORT: Clinical signs of Parry Romberg syndrome appeared in a boy from the age of 11 years. The ongoing conservative treatment could not prevent the progression of atrophy of the right half of the face. At 16 years old, he underwent a microsurgical operation, the technique of which was as follows: a graft of the greater omentum on a vascular pedicle was laparoscopically taken from the abdominal cavity and placed in a prepared bed under the right cheek skin with an anastomosis formation of the temporal artery. The postoperative period was without complications. At the age of 2 and 4 years, small defects were eliminated by 2 ml lipofilling. The vascularized flap had a positive effect on the trophism of the surrounding tissues, and skin elasticity and color were completely restored. Currently, 9 years after the operation, the cosmetic results are good, and the patient does not experience psychological discomfort. Herein, presented the data of computed tomography, patient photographs, and operation stages. CONCLUSION: The presented clinical case of a microsurgical operation by autotransplantation of the greater omentum in a patient with Parry Romberg syndrome shows the effectiveness of this method, which was confirmed by a 9-year follow-up period.
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