the modern spleen

[Ronald Gross]

Geez, Ron - you need to find a few more motivated patients!!  But then again, I too had the same experience when I was at Bellevue; 6 weeks of drugs, OOPS I mean pain medication, was the minimum!  ;-)

>>> Ronald Simon <Traumamd at nyc.rr.com> 6/7/2007 11:45 AM >>>
BAck in action 3 weeks after splenectomy! I think not. At least that is 
not the experience i have had in NY.
ron simon

Hardcastle, Tim, Dr <tch at sun.ac.za> wrote:
> Caesar
>
> Two questions:
> 1) Does he want the season off?
> 2) When is his next practise supposed to be?
>
> The middle cut shows a possible contrast blush, but it may just be a patent vessel. If he is serious about his sport - he will want the spleen out - back in action in 3 weeks! If he is willing to avoid contact sport for 6 months (the recommendation as far as I'm aware), you can offer non-operative management.
>
> My 2c
> Tim
> Dr T C Hardcastle
> M.B.,Ch.B.(Stell); M.Med(Chir); FCS(SA)
> Senior Surgeon / Senior Lecturer: Surgery (Trauma and ICU)
> ATLS  instructor and DSTC Cape Town Course Director
> Intern program Coordinator: Surgery
> M.Med (Emergency Medicine) Executive Committee member
> Clinical Head (Director): Diana Princess of Wales Trauma Unit
> Division of Surgery (General) Room 4064
> Department of Surgical Sciences
> Tygerberg Hospital / University of Stellenbosch
> PO Box 19063
> Tygerberg 7505
> Western Cape
> South Africa
> e-mail: tch at sun.ac.za 
> Cell: +27824681615
> Office: +27219389281 or 4911 pager 0302
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> CT scan of abdomen:  selected cuts
> here<http://trauma.homestead.com/spleen_ct.html>(
> http://trauma.homestead.com/spleen_ct.html). Remainder of abdominal CT shows
> NO pneumoperitoneum, NO liver/kidney/pancreatic injury, NO oral contrast
> extravasation, NO periduodenal fluid or thickened loops of intestine.  there
> is some fluid in the pelvis and around the lower liver.
> --
> trauma-list : TRAUMA.ORG
> To change your settings or unsubscribe visit:
> http://www.trauma.org/index.php?/community/ 
>
>   

Confidentiality Notice

This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information which is legally privileged.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please promptly contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.