Abstract
Experience with suture repair of splenic lacerations in 14 children and 8 adults is reported. The youngest patient was 3 days old and the oldest 60 years. Adequate healing was confirmed by postoperative splenic scans with or without arteriography. The 2 deaths in this series were not related to the splenic repair and were due to associated major injuries. The course of illness in the remaining 20 survivors did not reveal a failure of this technique or a complication related to the use of this conservative approach. It is expected that salvage of the traumatized spleen will eliminate the risk of fulminant postoperative infections that may be fatal.
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