[Partial splenic resection: experimental research and clinical applications].

Various types of segmental resection of the spleen (polar resection, hemisplenectomy) were carried out in the rat without any mortality. Histologic study of the resection line showed that the healing was complete after about 7 days. These results and the literature data prompted the Authors to perform conservative splenic surgery in three children with different diseases. None of them presented infections 1, 3, and respectively 4 years after surgery.