ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2016
Iatrogenic splenic injury: review of the literature and medico-legal issues.
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- Risk Factors for Infections, Antibiotic Therapy, and Its Impact on Cancer Therapy Outcomes for Patients with Solid Tumors.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Successful non-invasive management of iatrogenic splenic injury associated with a peritoneal dialysis catheter in a dog.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2021Article
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- Intermittent Splenic Artery Occlusion Plus Gauze Compression Is a Simple and Effective Treatment for Iatrogenic Splenic Injury.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Article
- Delayed presentation of iatrogenic splenic injury 21 days after laparoscopic donor left nephrectomy.BMJ case reports · 2018Article
- A delayed presentation of splenic laceration and hemoperitoneum following an elective colonoscopy: A rare complication with uncertain risk factors.SAGE open medical case reports · 2018Article
- Splenic Rupture Presenting 48 Hours after Colonoscopy: A Case Report Emphasizing the Need for Prolonged Monitoring.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
introductionIatrogenic splenic injury is a recognized complication in abdominal surgery. The aim of this paper is to understand the medico-legal issues of iatrogenic splenic injuries. We performed a literature review on PubMed and Scopus using iatrogenic splenic or spleen injury and iatrogenic splenic rupture as keywords. Iatrogenic splenic injury cases were identified. Most cases were related to colonoscopy, but we also identified cases related to upper gastrointestinal procedures, colonic surgery, ERCP, left nephrectomy and/or adrenalectomy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, vascular operations involving the abdominal aorta, gynecological operation, left lung biopsy, chest drain, very rarely spinal surgery and even cardiopulmonary resuscitation. There are several surgical procedures that can lead to a splenic injury. However, from a medico-legal point of view, it is important to assess whether the cause can be attributed to a technical error of the operator rather than being an unpredictable and unpreventable complication. It is important for the medico-legal expert to have great knowledge on iatrogenic splenic injuries because it is important to evaluate every step of the first procedure performed, how a splenic injury is produced, and whether the correct treatment for the splenic injury was administered in a judgment.
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