Splenectomy for 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...

Ruptured Spleen

The spleen and indications for splenectomy

traditionally, the spleen has been surgically removed with little understanding of the potential consequences; this contribution explains the anatomical relations and numerous functions of the spleen and the potential complications following such an excision. Splenectomy may be undertaken as an emergency or electively; the indications and techniques are discussed, including the increasing use o...

Splenectomy in "big spleen disease".

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 ; ...