What are the complications after splenectomy

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Need to do splenectomy, it shows that the patient's condition is more serious, although the effect of surgery is good, but it is also easy to produce complications. Let's look at the complications after splenectomy.

What are the complications after splenectomy

First of all, intraperitoneal hemorrhage is one of the more dangerous complications after splenectomy. The main causes are active hemorrhage and intraperitoneal hemorrhage.

Secondly, early postoperative infection includes pulmonary infection, subphrenic abscess, incision infection, urinary tract infection, etc. according to the pathogenic factors of infection and the patient's condition, the influence is also different. The incidence of infection after splenectomy was 0.5%, and the mortality was 50%.

Finally: after splenectomy, patients often have fever lasting for 2-3 weeks, usually less than 1 month, and their body temperature does not exceed 39 ℃. The duration and degree of splenic fever are directly proportional to the surgical trauma. Spleen heat is self limited fever. If other infectious complications and subphrenic infection can be ruled out, TCM should be used to treat symptomatically.

matters needing attention

Splenectomy can stimulate abdominal viscera (especially stomach), so gastrointestinal decompression tube should be placed to prevent postoperative gastric dilatation. We should pay attention to all kinds of complications after operation, and treat symptomatically in time once the abnormality is found.