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Journal List > J Natl Med Assoc > v.76(10); Oct 1984

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J Natl Med Assoc. 1984 October; 76(10): 1020, 1022-1024.
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Partial Splenectomy for a Splenic Pseudocyst
Samuel B. Rosser
Abstract
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.
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