The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) recently published clinical practice guidelines on the management of visceral aneurysms. However, studies investigating perioperative outcomes open repair aneurysms have been limited to single-center experiences with variable results. This study sought detail morbidity and mortality associated using a national database. National Surgical Quality Improvemen...

Sympathoexcitation, increased circulating norepinephrine, and elevated levels of reactive oxygen species are driving forces underlying numerous cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension. However, the effects of elevated norepinephrine and subsequent reactive oxygen species production in splenic T-lymphocytes during hypertension are not currently understood. We hypothesized that increased ...

Partial splenic embolization (PSE) is one of the intra-arterial therapeutic approaches of diseases. With the development of interventional radiology, the applications of PSE in clinical practice are greatly extended, while various materials are developed for embolization use. Common indications of PSE include hypersplenism with portal hypertension, hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia, autoimm...

Among the many and multifarious interrogatories sent out by the Royal Commissioners on the sanitary state of the Indian army, one was with the view of ascertaining the general health condition of the native population adjoining to the different military stations, and the nature of the most prevalent diseases," especially epidemics or spleen disease," among them. The following brief memoranda ar...

Portal hypertension can be caused by any disease interfering with blood flow at any level within the portal venous system. According to anatomic location, the diseases causing portal hypertension are classif ied as prehepatic (diseases involving the splenic, mesenteric, or portal veins), intrahepatic (acute and chronic l iver diseases), or posthepatic (diseases interfering with the venous outfl...

PATIENT Male, 29 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spontaneous spleen rupture Symptoms: Abdominal distension • abdominal pain • abdominal tenderness • disorientation • fever • hemothorax • hip pain • reduced urine output MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: Splenectomy Specialty: Infectious Diseases. OBJECTIVE Rare diseases. BACKGROUND Spontaneous rupture of a malarial spleen is uncommon even in the endemic r...

BACKGROUND Splenic torsion is rare and as a result the appropriate management is unclear. While there has been a shift towards splenectomy and laparoscopic splenopexy, we present a successful case of non-operative management of splenic torsion in a patient with a history of a giant omphalocele. CASE PRESENTATION A 3 year-old female presented with a three-day history of abdominal pain, fever a...

BACKGROUND Grade III through V splenic injuries as defined by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grading scale are associated with hemorrhage and nonoperative failure. Embolization has been reported to reduce splenic bleeding in 50% to 75% of patients with a high-grade injury. However, splenectomy following embolization may be necessary in patients who continue to bleed o...

INTRODUCTION Splenoma or splenic hamartoma is a rare primary splenic tumor most often discovered radiologically and incidentally. Splenic hamartomas have a strong association with solid and hematological malignancies and, in rare cases, with tuberous sclerosis, but to the best of our knowledge no reports of splenic hamartomas associated with familial adenomatous polyposis have been documented, ...