Postoperative outcomes after splenectomy: a 20-year single-center experience in Colombia
Carlos Eduardo Rey Chaves, Sebastián Díaz, David Gómez Garnica, Oscar Cardenas, Paula Noguera, Manuela Ortíz Marín, Vanessa Velandia, Danny Conde, María Camila Rojas Gómez, María Gómez Zuleta · 2024
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Description
Rey Chaves and co-authors reviewed twenty years of spleen removal outcomes at one Colombian center, in a study published in 2024. Taking out the spleen is sometimes unavoidable, after injury or in blood diseases. Life without it, though, carries a lasting risk of severe infection. The team gathered every adult case at their hospital from 2003 to 2023. They recorded patient traits, surgical details, and infections that followed.
Outcomes were tracked at 30 days, 90 days, and one year. The authors compared open and keyhole approaches, and planned versus emergency surgery. Emergency and open cases usually fare worse, and the data let them test that pattern locally. A two-decade single-center record is rare in the region. It gives Colombian surgeons benchmarks and shows where prevention, like vaccination, needs shoring up.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Carlos Eduardo Rey Chaves, Sebastián Díaz, David Gómez Garnica, Oscar Cardenas, Paula Noguera, Manuela Ortíz Marín, Vanessa Velandia, Danny Conde, María Camila Rojas Gómez, María Gómez Zuleta |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |