RUPTURED SPLEEN AS A COMPLICATION OF INSERTION OF AN AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR

Authors
DUMAS MD BACH DB GUIRAUDON GM
Citation
Md. Dumas et al., RUPTURED SPLEEN AS A COMPLICATION OF INSERTION OF AN AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR, Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, 46(3), 1995, pp. 226-228
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08465371
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
226 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0846-5371(1995)46:3<226:RSAACO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The authors describe a previously unreported complication of insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator via the left s ubcostal surgical approach. Splenic hematoma, intraperitoneal hemorrha ge and hypotension developed in a 66-year-old man within 5 days of imp lantation, and the patient underwent splenectomy.