Spleen injury following left extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)

BACKGROUND: A splenic rupture associated with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) is exceedingly rare. We report a case of stage 3 splenic laceration, hemoperitoneum and subsequent splenic rupture following an ESWL for a left mid polar renal calculus. CASE PRESENTATION: During the ESWL, alth...

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Published in:BMC Urol
Main Authors: Marinkovic, Serge P, Marinkovic, Christina M, Xie, Donghua
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4429660/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25972225
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-15-4
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