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Splenectomy After Surgical Trauma
DONALD A. PECK, MD;
FRANCIS C. JACKSON, MD
AMA Arch Surg. 1964;89(1):54-65.
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Injury to the spleen occurs with disturbing freqency during surgery of the abdomen. This operative complication has received little direct attention in the literature. Most splenic injuries have been attributed to surgical misadventure, either by traction on the lienal attachments or with instruments. There has been no attempt to relate the clinical status of the patient to the incidence of injury or to explore other possible predisposing factors. This study was undertaken to investigate this problem.
Materials and Methods
The hospital records of all patients who had undergone splenectomy at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Presbyterian-University Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine were reviewed for the five-year period, Jan 1, 1959, through Dec 31, 1963. The charts of 95 patients were studied. Particular attention was placed upon the indications for splenectomy, preoperative preparation of the patient, factors predisposing to splenic injury, type of operation, mechanisms of
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Author Affiliations
PITTSBURGH
From the Veterans Administration Hospital, the Presbyterian-University Hospital, and the Department of Surgery of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Footnotes
Read before the 21st Annual Meeting of the Central Surgical Association, Rochester, Minn, Feb 27-29, 1964.
A portion of this investigation was supported by a Cooperative Study of Esophagogastric Varices being conducted by the Veterans Administration Department of Medicine and Surgery.
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