“Splenectomy: From Bucket to Bag”

Moving from myth to credible for the first elective splenect Quittenbaum of Rostock, Germ the benefit of anesthesia, he r a 22-year-old woman who suffer ascites, and anasarca. The pa hours after the operation. Prio tions, with a guaranteed place usually accorded to 1 individu are rarely given recognition. Sp the exceptions. The second sp by Küchler of Darmstad, Ger patient was a 56-year-old ma due to malaria. The indication dubious and the outcome was t 4 hours postoperatively from h untied branch of the splenic art ticated case of splenectomy f done by Sir Thomas Spence England, in 1865. His patient of a large spleen.” He removed pounds 5 ounces through a 7 incision in the short space o chloroform anesthesia. For 6 tion she seemed to be doing “ quote surgeon Wells. On the m she worsened unexpectedly and the operation. These first 3 splenectomies one thing in common. All the appropriately expressed a grim The honor of the first su then fell to Jules Péan of Paris reported his operation on a 20 he believed had a large ovari What he encountered on openi large cyst from which he aspir low fluid to gain access for ab The spleen has always been a formidable organ to remove or repair. Early attempts at removal were marred by excessive mortality; early attempts at repair were met with incredulity. In the history of surgical innovation, the resected spleen has had a remarkable journey from the pathologist’s bucket to the laparoscopist’s bag. This is the story of that journey.