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Prognosis. Almost invariably fatal without treatment [2] An overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) is a rare but rapidly fatal infection occurring in individuals following removal (or permanent dysfunction) of the spleen. The infections are typically characterized by either meningitis or sepsis, and are caused by encapsulated organisms ...
A splenectomy is the surgical procedure that partially or completely removes the spleen. The spleen is an important organ in regard to immunological function due to its ability to efficiently destroy encapsulated bacteria. Therefore, removal of the spleen runs the risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, a medical emergency and rapidly ...
Autosplenectomy. An autosplenectomy (from 'auto-' self, '-splen-' spleen, ' -ectomy ' removal) is a negative outcome of disease and occurs when a disease damages the spleen to such an extent that it becomes shrunken and non-functional. [1] The spleen is an important immunological organ that acts as a filter for red blood cells, triggers ...
If an individual's spleen is enlarged, as is frequent in mononucleosis, most physicians will advise against activities (such as contact sports) where injury to the abdomen could be catastrophic. [9] Patients whose spleens have been removed via a splenectomy must receive immunizations to help prevent infections such as pneumonia. This helps to ...
Splenic infarction. Splenic infarction is a condition in which blood flow supply to the spleen is compromised, [1] leading to partial or complete infarction (tissue death due to oxygen shortage) in the organ. [2] Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot.
A Florida surgeon mistakenly removed a man’s liver instead of his spleen, causing him to die on the operating table, a lawyer for the man’s widow alleges. ... "Patient safety is and remains ...
Specialty. Infectious diseases, gastroenterology. Subphrenic abscess is a disease characterized by an accumulation of infected fluid between the diaphragm, liver, and spleen. [2] This abscess develops after surgical operations like splenectomy. Presents with cough, increased respiratory rate with shallow respiration, diminished or absent breath ...
The family of an Alabama man said 70-year-old William Bryan died after his liver was mistakenly removed during a medical procedure at a Florida hospital where Bryan went to have his spleen removed