Partial splenectomy--worth the risk

Wound of Abdominal Wall—Partial Splenectomy: Recovery

Partial splenectomy in sickle cell syndromes.

Partial splenectomy was carried out in four children with homozygous sickle cell disease and eight children with sickle cell beta thalassaemia. It was performed in order to preserve splenic contribution to the host defence against infections while suppressing hypersplenism or the risk of recurrence of acute splenic sequestration. Indications for this surgical operation were acute splenic seques...

Laparoscopic partial splenectomy for littoral cell angioma

Littoral cell angioma (LCA) is a rare benign splenic vascular neoplasm. We report a case of a 58-year-old man with a 5.5-cm lesion in the upper pole of the spleen. A laparoscopic partial splenectomy was performed. He was discharged on the second postoperative day. Pathology revealed LCA. Laparoscopic partial splenectomy can be performed safely in selected cases and is an appropriate option in p...

Partial splenectomy in sickle cell disease

Introduction: Total splenectomy in sickle cell disease is related to a high risk of fulminant sep-sis and increased incidence of other events, which have not been reported in patients with partial splenectomy. In this study we examined the patients with sickle cell disease and partial splenectomy and compared the clinical and laboratory results with non-splenectomised patients. Materials and me...

[Partial splenectomy in sickle cell disease].

INTRODUCTION Total splenectomy in sickle cell disease is related to a high risk of fulminant sepsis and increased incidence of other events, which have not been reported in patients with partial splenectomy. In this study we examined the patients with sickle cell disease and partial splenectomy and compared the clinical and laboratory results with non-splenectomized patients. MATERIAL AND MET...