Portal Vein Thrombosis Following Removal of Ruptured Spleen

Gius, John A.; McGovern, John D.; McMurray, W.

doi:10.1097/00000658-194501000-00008

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“…From our own experience and of some other authors [3,15,14,9], it is apparent that portal thrombosis may follow splenectomy for portal hypertension and systemic disease rarely occurs after splenectomy performed for trauma, pancreatic, or gastric surgery [7,16,20]. Portal hypertension in splenectomized patients is usually attributed to the concomitance of the following four factors:…”

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Portal thrombosis: High incidence following splenectomy for portal hypertension

Rossi¹,

Passariello²,

Simonetti³

1976

Gastrointest Radiol

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The authors report the incidence of portal thrombosis in their experience, of patients who have been operated on for splenectomy as treatment for portal hypertension with splenomegaly and hypersplenism without a portal systemic shunt. In 161 patients studied angiographically for portal hypertension due to cirrhosis, portal thrombosis was shown in 19 patients. Of these 19 patients 13 previously splenectomized. Only 6 were never operated upon.

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confidence: 84%