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Relationship of Drainage

LAWRENCE H. COHN, MD

AMA Arch Surg. 1965;90(2):230-232.

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THOUGH ATTRACTING little attention in the surgical literature, the question of whether or not to drain the splenic bed following splenectomy is an important one because major local infectious complications, ie, subphrenic abscess, follow splenectomy. Many surgeons state unequivocally that the splenic bed should always be drained^1-4 but others do not practice this and claim excellent results.⁶ Since these views seem to be based on empiricism, the following retrospective study was undertaken and presents the first analysis of a large series of splenectomies specifically for the postoperative local infectious complications.

Clinical Material

The clinical records of 130 patients undergoing splenectomy were reviewed. The operations were performed at the New England Deaconess Hospital and on the Surgical Services of the Boston City Hospital from 1954 to 1964. The age of patients ranged from 1 to 70 years. There was a slight preponderance of men to women. Splenectomy was performed . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and the Fifth (Harvard) Surgical Service, Boston City Hospital, and the Surgical Service, New England Deaconess Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Aug 13, 1964.

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