Partial splenectomy for a splenic pseudocyst.
Based on the principles and techniques of partial splenectomy and splenorrhaphy, the feasibility of removing a splenic cyst while preserving normal functioning splenic tissue is demonstrated. This approach avoided the potential catastrophe of overwhelming postsplenectomy sepsis in a 16-year-old girl.
D000293:Adolescent; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*