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  • Title: [Bengmark spleen transposition in children].
    Author: Meissner F, Schenker U.
    Journal: Z Kinderchir; 1987 Jun; 42(3):196-7. PubMed ID: 3497498.
    Abstract:
    After a historical review of surgical therapy of portal hypertension experiences are reported with the technique of spleen transposition according to Bengmark in a group of six children. Two thirds of the spleen are removed and the rest is implanted into the abdominal wall. This causes development of subcutaneous portosystemic anastomosis. The method is a true alternative to portosystemic shunt operations.
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