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[Postsplenectomy gastric fistula: report of a case]
M Steinman1, E Steinman, R S Pogetti
1Disciplina de Cirurgia, Trauma do Hospital, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
Revista Do Hospital Das Clinicas
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Gastric perforation following splenectomy is a rare complication occurring in less than 1% of patients and it is mainly associated with iatrogenic injury to the greater curvature of the stomach. The authors report a case of gastric fistula in a patient who underwent splenectomy for blunt abdominal trauma and discuss the main etiopathogenic and diagnostic aspects.