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Staged laparoscopic splenectomy and valve replacement in splenic abscess and infective endocarditis
Sinan A Simsir1, Sarah H Cheeseman, Robert A Lancey
1Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Healthcare, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 9, 2003
Abstract:
Splenic abscess is a rare clinical entity that is most commonly associated with infective endocarditis. Valve replacement in the setting of an unaddressed splenic abscess is associated with a high incidence of prosthetic valve infection and death. We describe 2 patients with infective endocarditis and splenic abscess treated by laparoscopic splenectomy followed by valve replacement.