What are the after effects of Splenectomy? - Dr. Sathish N

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The after effects of splenectomy is very commonly there is an injury to the tail of the pancreas because the tail of the pancreas is very close to the spleen, a s a result of which there can be pancreatic fistula or distal tail of the pancreas, pancreatitis. The other complications are immediately in the post operative period there may be torrential bleed, then you may have to go to the level of the abdomen and do a lavage and then take control of the bleeding. The other complication is basal atelecatasis and difficulty in breathing and basal pneumonia the other complication that can be seen is dilatation and a gastric fistula. If the stiches are applied very close to the fundus if the stomach in taking the short gastric vessels, the other complications that are very common it the other laparoscopic procedures are like injury to the small intestine or the large intestine and other possibility of infection possible after splenectomy called opsi, wherein the patient is known to develop some infections with encaspsulated organs such and pneumococcal and meningococcal. So they would have to be on pneumococcal and meningococcal vaccines, of course there is no need for the patient to panic in developing infections very soon. They need to seek attention with a physician or the operating surgeon as soon as the splenectomy, it is done and the patient develops fever or there is abdominal pain associated with fever there will a collection there or it could be an infection with the pneumococcal and the meningococcal vaccine.

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Had my ITP splenectomy when I was 14 in 1980 and still here. I served in the Military for 4yrs, traveled overseas, played music for years on the road in smoky bars and partied like a drunken rock star. I’ve rarely been sick, eat what I want, etc. Was advised by my doc to start getting a Pneumovax shot every 5yrs about 20yrs ago when I hit 40, which is basically a super flu shot. Have lived a perfectly normal life with zero issues.

EDMusicEnt.

I am deeply happy that I did not allow the doctors to take out my spleen when I had hairy cell leukemia. Instead I used the book Cancer as a Turning point, and fasting, to heal myself. Now I still have a spleen, I am healthy and not on antibiotics 35 years later.

michaelaclarke

I had spleenectomy in 2006 due to ITP. I am 46 yrs old today and rarely fall sick. I live a normal life. In 2012 I had another ITP ATTACK. This time homoeopathy cured me like magic.

seemamathew

I don't have a appendix either but I get sick so easy I hate it anything gets me sick if I'm around it too long. I had covid and almost felt like the fever it's self was gonna kill me but thankfully it was only the one night. Idk how many people have the same issue not having a spleen and appendix but it's very inconvenient. Stress alone makes my stomach hurt but I immediately will take vitamin c, elderberry anything, airborne, relax and rest anything to boost my immune system. It's a constant battle and I wrecked when I was 16 I'm 33 now and just barely found out I had no spleen which I didn't know what a spleen was only that it ruptured that's all I was told. Wish I had it broken down to me bcus I feel sick right now for no reason. Just simple daily activities

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