Splenic injury: management in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

Goal Of Study: Treatment of splenic injury is not standardized. We conducted an inventory of splenic injury treatment modalities of splenic injury in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.

Methods: A questionnaire was sent by e-mail to 33 surgeons practicing in 10 hospitals in that region.

[Acute abdominal complications after thoracic-pulmonary operations].

Serious abdominal complications occurring after chest and lung operations are discussed. The most common abdominal complications include acute dilatation of the stomach, paralytic ileus, gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage, as well as perforations of hollow abdominal organs. An interesting case presenting perforation of the small intestine after lung resection for pulmonary carcinoma is reported.