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Suggest Treatment For Stone In Spleen
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Just a while ago, my wife has undergone ultrasound and she was told that there is a one centimeter length of stone in her spleen. Prior to hospitalization, she has been complaining of severe abdominal pains. Please advice on the best treatment of this problem. Thanks
Just a while ago, my wife has undergone ultrasound and she was told that there is a one centimeter length of stone in her spleen. Prior to hospitalization, she has been complaining of severe abdominal pains. Please advice on the best treatment of this problem. Thanks
Mon, 4 Aug 2014
Hi,
I am so sorry to hear that your wife is in pain. I will confess that a stone in the spleen is not a diagnosis you hear every day. Unless it is a calcified spot in the spleen, which would be much more commoner, esp in the developing world. Normally if it just a calcified spot, it means the spleen had an infection and the body took care of it. So nothing more needs to be done. But if the "stone" is producing symptoms, then the treatment of choice would be to remove the spleen surgically. But I would make sure that there is no other reason in the abdomen to explain your wife's symptoms.
We routinely remove the spleen nowadays laparoscopically so that the patient has minimal pain and has a faster recovery. But this will only be done by surgeons with advanced laparoscopic skills. Most of them would still do a traditional open splenectomy.
Hope this helped and I hope your wife starts to feel better soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details required - rxsuresh@gmail.com
I am so sorry to hear that your wife is in pain. I will confess that a stone in the spleen is not a diagnosis you hear every day. Unless it is a calcified spot in the spleen, which would be much more commoner, esp in the developing world. Normally if it just a calcified spot, it means the spleen had an infection and the body took care of it. So nothing more needs to be done. But if the "stone" is producing symptoms, then the treatment of choice would be to remove the spleen surgically. But I would make sure that there is no other reason in the abdomen to explain your wife's symptoms.
We routinely remove the spleen nowadays laparoscopically so that the patient has minimal pain and has a faster recovery. But this will only be done by surgeons with advanced laparoscopic skills. Most of them would still do a traditional open splenectomy.
Hope this helped and I hope your wife starts to feel better soon. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further details required - rxsuresh@gmail.com
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