Successful treatment of floating splenic volvulus: Two case reports and a literature review

Table 1 Previous case reports

Ref.	Age	Sex	Localization	Type of surgery	DOI
Hirose et al[24], 1998	2	Female	Oita University, Japan	Elective laparoscopic splenopexy was performed by anchoring the spleen wrapped in absorbable mesh	10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90503-6
Schaarschmidt et al[35], 2005	9	Female	Helios-Center for Pediatric Surgery, Germany	Retroperitoneal pocket created by using a self-made balloon	10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.11.020
Martínez-Ferro et al[27], 2005	4	Male	National Pediatric Hospital, Argentina	Retroperitoneal pocket created by using a self-made balloon	10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.02.009
Kleiner et al[29], 2006	12	Female	Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.	Pexy by using a polyglactin mesh bag and endoscopic stapler to the left diaphragm	10.1089/lap.2006.16.328
Fukuzawa et al[28], 2006	11	Male	Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Japan	Retroperitoneal pocket created by using a preperitoneal distention balloon	10.1007/s00383-006-1760-2
Falchetti et al[36], 2007	14	Female	Department of Pediatric Surgery, Spedali Civili, Italy	Pexy by using a polyglactin mesh bag to the left hypocondrium covered with omentum	10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.03.063
Upadhyaya et al[37], 2007	14	Female	Children’s Mercy Hospital, United States	Pexy by using a polyglactin mesh bag to the left hypocondrium covered with omentum	10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.03.001
Rescorla et al[38], 2007	2	N/A	Indiana University School of Medicine, United States	Pexy by using a polyglactin mesh bag and metal clip to the left diaphragm	10.1097/SLA.0b013e318155abb9