title: Splenic abscess after sleeve gastrectomy: a report of two cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Partial demarcation and infarction of the upper pole of the spleen is not a rare occurrence after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). However, development of an abscess in the absence of leakage is extremely rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present herein two unusual case reports of splenic abscess in patients following LSG.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel.
authors.forename: Nasser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakran
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilivitzki
authors.forename: Abdel-Rauf
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Zeina
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assalia
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*