[Complications and mortality in splenic trauma]

The analysis of complications and lethality in 97 patients with closed splenic trauma was carried out. The main causes of death of the injured were shock, concomitant injuries. The total postoperative lethality was 33%. Of the 60% of patients with associated injuries, 51.7% died. In injury to four and more organs, all the sufferers died. The incidence of postoperative complications was 22.7%. Most frequently (21.6%) the purulent septic complications which caused death in 7.2% of patients were noted. In preservation of a spleen, the incidence of such complications reduced 2.6-fold.