{"id":737,"date":"2022-02-28T12:25:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyon-chirurgie.fr\/diseases-of-the-spleen-and-splenectomy\/"},"modified":"2022-02-28T12:25:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:25:50","slug":"diseases-of-the-spleen-and-splenectomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lyon-chirurgie.fr\/en\/diseases-of-the-spleen-and-splenectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Diseases of the spleen and splenectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_image=”10″ bg_position=”center center” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]\n

Digestive<\/strong> surgery<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”3%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][toggles style=”minimal” accordion=”true”][toggle color=”Default” title=”What is the spleen? Why remove the spleen (splenectomy)?”][vc_column_text]The spleen is an organ whose main function is to defend you against pathogens that produce infections. It produces the antibodies of your immune system fighting bacteria or viruses creating, among other things, pneumonia or meningitis. It also serves as a reservoir for red blood cells. The spleen cleans the blood of old red blood cells which are then replaced by new red blood cells produced by the bone marrow.<\/p>\n

Splenectomy is the removal (removal) of the spleen. This surgery should ideally be preceded by a vaccination. In the case of urgent surgery, the vaccines are administered in the weeks following the surgery.<\/p>\n

Removal of the spleen (splenectomy) may be necessary in the event of a road accident (rupture of the spleen), or in the context of certain diseases such as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura or autoimmune hemolytic anemia resistant to treatment medical (the spleen then works too efficiently, excessively destroying red blood cells or platelets), certain red blood cell diseases (thalassemia, spherocytosis), or certain forms of lymphoma or leukemia. Damage to vessels supplying the spleen (splenic artery aneurysm) may require removal of these vessels and sometimes of the spleen.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Default” title=”What is your care pathway during a splenectomy?”][vc_column_text]The decision to remove the spleen is always taken collectively with the various stakeholders in charge of your health and yourself.<\/p>\n

The operation consists in identifying the artery and the vein that supply the spleen and disconnecting the spleen from its attachments to the colon, pancreas and stomach.<\/p>\n

For this we have 2 techniques:<\/p>\n