Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children
Non-operative management has been preferred in blunt spleen injury. Moreover children are more susceptible to post-splenectomy infection, spleen should be preserved if possible. However, splenectomy is inevitable to patients with severe splenic injury. Therefore splenic autotransplantation could be...
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Korean Society of Traumatology
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| author | Hojun Lee Byung Hee Kang Junsik Kwon John Cook-Jong Lee |
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| description | Non-operative management has been preferred in blunt spleen injury. Moreover children are more susceptible to post-splenectomy infection, spleen should be preserved if possible. However, splenectomy is inevitable to patients with severe splenic injury. Therefore splenic autotransplantation could be the last chance for preserving splenic function in these patients although efficacy has not proven. Here we reported four cases of children who were underwent splenic autotransplantation successfully after blunt trauma. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-674990c63648481bade02f8b89db66d72025-01-06T01:07:59ZengKorean Society of TraumatologyJournal of Trauma and Injury1738-87672287-16832018-08-01312879010.20408/jti.2018.31.2.87955Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in ChildrenHojun Lee0Byung Hee Kang1Junsik Kwon2John Cook-Jong Lee3Division of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, KoreaDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, KoreaDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, KoreaDivision of Trauma Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, KoreaNon-operative management has been preferred in blunt spleen injury. Moreover children are more susceptible to post-splenectomy infection, spleen should be preserved if possible. However, splenectomy is inevitable to patients with severe splenic injury. Therefore splenic autotransplantation could be the last chance for preserving splenic function in these patients although efficacy has not proven. Here we reported four cases of children who were underwent splenic autotransplantation successfully after blunt trauma.http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-087.pdfsplenic rupturesplenectomytransplantationabdominal injuries |
| spellingShingle | Hojun Lee Byung Hee Kang Junsik Kwon John Cook-Jong Lee Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children Journal of Trauma and Injury splenic rupture splenectomy transplantation abdominal injuries |
| title | Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children |
| title_full | Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children |
| title_fullStr | Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children |
| title_short | Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children |
| title_sort | splenic autotransplantation after blunt spleen injury in children |
| topic | splenic rupture splenectomy transplantation abdominal injuries |
| url | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-087.pdf |
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