Application of severing splenomental fold priorly to prevent iatrogenic splenic injury in laparoscopic radical gastrectomy / 中华全科医师杂志

ABSTRACT

A total of 521 patients underwent laparoscopic radical gastrectomy from January 2013 to January 2020 in the First People′s Hospital of Wenling. In 242 cases the splenomental fold was severed before dissecting the left half of omentum or spleen (pretreatment group), and in 279 cases the splenomental fold was not severed priorly (routine group). For pretreatment group the introoperative splenic injury occurred in 4 cases (1.65%), including 3 cases (1.24%) with class Ⅰ injury and 1 case (0.41%) with class Ⅱ injury; while for routine group splenic injury occurred in 24 cases (8.60%), including 22 cases (7.89%) with class Ⅰ injury and 2 cases (0.72%) with class Ⅱ injury, and the rupture of splenic capsule caused by tracting splenomental fold occurred in 19 cases(6.81%). There were significant differences in total number of splenic injuries, splenic injuries with class Ⅰ and rupture of splenic capsule caused by tracting splenomental fold between two groups ( P<0.05). The operation time of 28 cases with splenic injuries was (185±89) min, which was longer than that in 493 cases without splenic injuries [(172±95) min, P<0.05]. The results show that rupture of splenic capsule by tracting splenomental fold is main cause of splenic injury in laparoscopic radical gastrectomy and most of them are class Ⅰ injuries. To sever the splenomental fold priorly can reduce the incidence of iatrogenic splenic injury.