SPLENECTOMY, SPLENORRHAPHY AND TRANSPLANTATION SPLENOSIS

Abstract

We are performing an increasing number of splenorrhaphies as our experience increases.The efficacy of spleen implants remain to be determined.The increased interest in preserving the spleen has resulted in the salvage of many spleens with minor injuries.Nearly 100% of all iatrogenic injuries (which constitutes 10 to 20% of all splenectomies, should be salvageable by current techniques.)
The value of preserving the spleen in children has been established without much question.
Acknowledgement: The authors consider this report a merely supplement to the many excellent articles in the Japanese literature on surgery of the spleen and therefore we have not included them.