Splenectomy as treatment for nonhealing soft tissue defect after total knee arthroplasty in a patient with Felty's syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Felty Syndrome
- Knee Prosthesis
- Splenectomy
- Wound Healing