Ruptured Spleen

Ruptured Spleen

Ruptured Spleen, Splenectomy : Recovery

Whilst he was driving at a rate of 1,5 miles per hour the trolley skidded off the rails and the four occupants were thrown out. He suddenly felt burning pain in the abdomen, experienced difficulty in breathing, and had been unable to micturate since the accident occurred. Attention was diverted from his condition owing to the fact that a European lady passenger on the trolley sustained a fractu...

Cases of Ruptured Spleen

Post-mortem.?Body well nourished ; rigor-mortis pretty well marked ; right hand clenched. Chest.?All the ribs in the left side fractured ; some of tliem were fractured in two or three places. Of the fractures which occurred in the shaft, three pierced the pleura and wounded the lung. On the right side, the 2nd, 3rd, 4tli, 5th, and 6th ribs were fractured about two inches from the sternal end ; ...

Recurrent Ruptured Spleen

Regrowth of splenic tissue after splenectomy for trauma and splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura have been reported. However, rupture of splenic tissue, either spontaneous or traumatic, that requires a second surgical intervention for hemoperitoneum caused by a ruptured splenic nodule or splenosis has rarely been reported. We report the case of a 43-year-old man in whom hemoperit...

Ruptured Spleen Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is generally a safe and well-accepted procedure. However, in a small percentage of patients, it is associated with complications, such as bleeding and injury to the bile duct and other viscera. Splenic injury as a result of laparoscopic surgery has been reported only in the context of direct trauma, for example due to retraction in hand-assisted urologic ...