CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SPLENIC RUPTURE IN A HEMOPHILIAC ADULT

The recognition of the grave risk of overwhelming sepsis in splenectom ized individuals has led to the search for alternatives to splenectomy . Conservative management, first tried successfully in children and la ter extended to adult patients, has become the accepted form of treatm ent and has also been tried with success in haemophiliac children. The case presented here is important because this is the first report of a successful outcome of non-operative treatment of a ruptured spleen i n a haemophiliac adult.