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Volume 7 Issue 4 (April, 2019)

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Assessment of Cases of Splenectomy- A Clinical Study
Manoj Kumar Srivastava, Alok Kumar Maurya

Background: Splenectomy is usually performed for patients with severe splenic trauma, portal hypertension etc. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of General Surgery. It comprised of 102 patients of both genders. In all cases laparoscopic splenectomy was performed as per standardized operating procedure. Post operative complications if any were also recorded. Results: Out of 102 patients, males were 57 and females were 45. Hereditary spherocytosis was seen in 45 patients, hypersplenism in 15, multiple splenic cysts in 18, splenic tuberculosis in 10 and splenic hemangioma in 14 patients. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Complications were seen in 10 patients. Hemoperitoneum in 1, pneumonia in 1, wound sepsis in 6 and urinary infection in 2. Conclusion: Authors found hereditary spherocytosis, hypersplenism, multiple splenic cysts, splenic tuberculosis and splenic hemangioma main reasons in which laproscopic splenectomy is performed.
Key words: Hypersplenism, laproscopic splenectomy, splenic tuberculosis.

Received: 8 November, 2018                           Revised: 7 January, 2019                               Accepted: 15 January, 2019

Corresponding Author: Dr. Alok Kumar Maurya, Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Hind Institute Of Medical Sciences, Safedabad, Barabanki U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Srivastava MK, Maurya AK. Assessment of Cases of Splenectomy- A Clinical Study. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(4): 112-114.

 
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