Biomaterial Database

[Partial spleen resection using a stapler]. 1992

T Bergholt, and I T Westphall, and C Strandberg, and E Bruun

Kirurgisk afdeling D, Københavns Amts Sygehus i Gentofte.

At emergency laparotomy after a fall bleeding from injuries to the upper pole and from lacerations involving the hilum of the spleen were found in a 2 1/2-year-old girl. Partial splenectomy using a linear stapler allowed preservation of the lower pole with intact vessels. Observed peroperatively for 10 minutes, the splenic remnant retrained a macroscopically normal appearance. Blood transfusion was avoided and drainage postoperatively comprised no more than 25 ml serosanguineous fluid. Provided intact splenic capsule can be used for the line of resection, partial splenectomy using a linear stapler seems to be a safe method.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000058	Accidental Falls	Falls due to slipping or tripping which may result in injury.	Falls, Accidental,Falling,Falls,Slip and Fall,Accidental Fall,Fall and Slip,Fall, Accidental
D013154	Spleen	An encapsulated lymphatic organ through which venous blood filters.
D013156	Splenectomy	Surgical procedure involving either partial or entire removal of the spleen.	Splenectomies
D013528	Surgical Staplers	Fastening devices composed of steel-tantalum alloys used to close operative wounds, especially of the skin, which minimizes infection by not introducing a foreign body that would connect external and internal regions of the body. (From Segen, Current Med Talk, 1995)	Stapler, Surgical,Staplers, Surgical,Surgical Stapler
D014463	Ultrasonography	The visualization of deep structures of the body by recording the reflections or echoes of ultrasonic pulses directed into the tissues. Use of ultrasound for imaging or diagnostic purposes employs frequencies ranging from 1.6 to 10 megahertz.	Echography,Echotomography,Echotomography, Computer,Sonography, Medical,Tomography, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Ultrasonic Imaging,Ultrasonographic Imaging,Computer Echotomography,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasound,Ultrasonic Tomography,Ultrasound Imaging,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Diagnostic Ultrasounds,Imaging, Ultrasonic,Imaging, Ultrasonographic,Imaging, Ultrasound,Imagings, Ultrasonographic,Imagings, Ultrasound,Medical Sonography,Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonographic Imagings,Ultrasound, Diagnostic,Ultrasounds, Diagnostic