[Possibilities and results of organ-saving surgery in injuries of the spleen].

An analysis of 218 patients with spleen traumas treated surgically has been made. The organ-saving operations were made in 70 patients with a laser scalpel. The absolute and relative indications for such operations were determined. Complications and lethal outcomes in the early postoperative period in patients with the preserved spleen and after splenectomy were 21.1% and 12.9%, 30% and 13% correspondingly.