Abstract: Splenic artery ligation without splenectomy was successfully used to control hemorrhage after blunt injury to the spleen. A review of experimental and clinical reports on splenic artery ligation reveals that this technique is well tolerated because of fairly extensive collateral blood supply to the spleen. The blood supply to the spleen is described in detail.
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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