Is there any effect of total splenectomy on the body?
In adults, total splenectomy has less impact on the immune function of the patient. In infants and young children, with immature immune systems, immune function is more affected after total…
Category: Splenic rupture
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Are hospital expenses for a ruptured spleen reimbursable?
For traumatic splenic rupture, health insurance does not reimburse, while spontaneous (pathological) splenic rupture is reimbursable. If you have other insurance, you will need to check with the company that…
How to treat splenic trauma
Splenic trauma is the most common abdominal organ injury in abdominal trauma, accounting for about 40-50%. As early as 1911, the famous surgeon Kocher clearly stated in the textbook of…
Traumatic splenic rupture in a 55-year-old woman, how can a fall be so serious?
(Disclaimer: This article is for general use only, and the information in the following content has been processed to protect patient privacy)Abstract: Although the patient had mild abdominal pain and…
Do all ruptured spleens require splenectomy?
The spleen is an important immune response organ of the body and plays an important role in anti-infection immunity. Splenic rupture is divided into trauma-induced splenic rupture (called traumatic splenic…
How to treat ruptured spleen
The treatment of splenic rupture is mainly based on surgery depending on the degree of injury and the prevailing conditions. The principle of surgery is to stop bleeding first, and if…
Ruptured spleen in a pediatric patient, how is it treated?
Recently, Dr. Xuewu Zhou, deputy chief of pediatric surgery at our hospital, successfully performed autologous splenic omentum implantation for a 2-year-old boy whose spleen was ruptured due to a car…
Does splenomegaly matter?
Usually splenomegaly is more important, but we cannot rule out the possibility of physiological splenomegaly in some young men, so the specific condition needs to be determined by specific tests…
Diagnosis and treatment of traumatic splenic rupture
Etiologically, splenic rupture can be divided into two categories: traumatic and spontaneous (idiopathic). Traumatic splenic rupture can be subdivided into open, closed, and medically induced. Among closed abdominal injuries, splenic…
Splenectomy for splenic rupture
Incision selection Commonly used incisions for splenectomy are: left upper abdominal transseptal incision, median incision, left subcostal incision, left upper abdominal “L” incision, and transverse upper abdominal incision. No matter…