Concomitant laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laproscopic assisted splenectomy for surgical management of hereditary spherocytosis

Abstract

Laparoscopic splenectomy is rapidly becoming a common treatment modality in the surgical management of hematological processes involving the spleen .Hereditary spherocytosis is the most common red blood cell membrane disorder and its diagnosis is often associated with haemolytic crisis and premature cholelithiasis .our patient 25 year old presented with cholelithiasis ,splenomegaly and anemia and because of persistent anemia and gastrointestinal symptoms the patient underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and splenectomy in pregnant women (1st trimaster)