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Chapter-46 Surgery of Spleen

BOOK TITLE: General Surgical Operations

Author
1. Choudhury Dhiraj
ISBN
9788184481952
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10324_46
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2008
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Peerless Hospital and Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata, Peerless Hospital and Ruby General Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

Splenectomy may be indicated for splenic trauma, iatrogenic injuries, delayed rupture of spleen, spontaneous rupture of pathological spleen, primary hypersplenism, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, hemolytic anemia, and primary tumors of spleen. The operative procedure may be emergency Splenectomy or elective Splenectomy. Surgical alternatives to splenectomy are splenorrhaphy, partial splenectomy, and splenic wrapping.

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