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RUPTURE OF SPLEEN AT LAPAROSCOPY CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Makanji H. H.,
Elliott H. R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1980.tb04430.x
Subject(s) - laparoscopy , spleen , computer science , medicine , general surgery
Summary The induction of pneumoperitoneum for laparoscopic sterilization caused distortion and stretching of perisplenic adhesions resulting in splenic rupture and a haemo‐peritoneum.