Splenectomy as treatment for nonhealing soft tissue defect after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with Felty's syndrome.

Abstract

We describe the apparent remarkable effect of splenectomy on wound healing in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and Felty's syndrome. The patient had previously undergone a knee replacement with 4 months of failure of the surgical wound site to heal or close. The wound, which had broken down and dehisced on 3 separate occasions after plastic surgical attempts at closure, healed cleanly and without recurrence within 3 weeks of splenectomy and plastic repair at the same operation.

• Authors: D A Campbell, L C Corman, R C Williams Jr
• Journal: The Journal of rheumatology (J Rheumatol) Vol. 19 Issue 7 Pg. 1126-9 (Jul 1992) ISSN: 0315-162X [Print] Canada
• PMID: 1512771 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

• Aged
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid (surgery)
• Felty Syndrome (surgery)
• Female
• Humans
• Knee Prosthesis (adverse effects)
• Splenectomy
• Wound Healing (physiology)