title: Necrosis of the tail of pancreas following proximal splenic artery embolization.
abstract: The current case report presents a rare complication of a significant pancreatic tail necrosis following proximal splenic artery embolization in a 32-year-old male patient involved in a motorcycle accident. Proximal angiographic embolization of the splenic injury after trauma is a widely accepted method with excellent success rate; however, possible complications may occur and has been described in the literature. Nevertheless, only a few case reports pertinent to clinically significant pancreatic tail necrosis after the SAE has been reported. Thus, we add a case report to the scarce literature pertinent to this detrimental and rare complication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia peep.talving@regionaalhaigla.ee.
authors.forename: Peep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Talving
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Mariliis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rauk
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Liisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vipp
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Karl-Gunnar
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Isand
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Aleksandr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Šamarin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Kalle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Põder
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Indrek
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rätsep
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Acute Care Surgery, North Estonia Medical Center, Tallinn, Estonia.
authors.forename: Sten
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saar