| Title | Splenic and parasplenic abscess as a late complication of laparoscopic nissen fundoplication--case report and review of the literature. |
| Author(s) | Majewski WD, Sulikowski T, Kamiński M, Ostrowski M |
| Institution | Samodzielna Pracownia Pielegniarstwa Chirurgicznego Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie, Szczecin. |
| Source | Ann Acad Med Stetin 2007; 53(2):39-41. |
| Abstract | PURPOSE: To present a rare late complication of laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Splenic and parasplenic abscess which formed in 25 year old man sixty days after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was not adequately detected by a double ultrasound examination but by a CT-scan, ordered when general status of the patient deteriorated.
RESULTS: Operative treatment comprised splenectomy with drainage and subsequent relaparotomy for intestinal obstruction. Postoperative course afterwards was good without a relapse of the reflux syndrome.
CONCLUSION: Authors stress the beneficial role of tightness control after difficult fundoplications and less value of the ultrasound than a CT-scan in detecting problems of the in upper epigastrium. |
| Language | eng |
| Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
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| PubMed ID | 18557374 |
