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DEMONSTRATION OF FUNCTIONING HETEROTOPIC SPLENIC AUTOGRAFTS BY SCINTIGRAPHY
Author(s) -
Cullingford Graham L.,
Surveyor Ivor,
Edis Anthony J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02460.x
Subject(s) - medicine , scintigraphy , general surgery , radiology , medical physics
The use of heterotopic splenic autografts is demonstrated as a means of preserving functioning splenic tissue in 15 patients undergoing splenectomy for trauma. In all patients, functioning splenic autografts could be shown by scintigraphy, using Tc‐labelled erythrocytes or 90m Tc‐labelled sulphur colloid, performed 12 weeks after implantation.