Table 1: Main characteristics of patients who received RFA-resection of the spleen.

Gender

Age, years

Morphology, localization

Intervention

1

F

51

echinococcal cyst with suppuration in the upper and middle lobes (12x14 cm)

hemisplenectomy

2

F

26

sclerosed capillary hemangioma of the upper pole and hilum (6.5 cm in diameter)

hemisplenectomy

3

M

55

abscess of the lower lobe of the spleen (5 cm in diameter)

resection of the lower pole of the spleen

4

M

46

abscesses of the middle lobe of the spleen (the affected area is 6 cm in diameter); chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic tail pseudocyst

hemisplenectomy, opening + excision of the walls of the pancreatic pseudocyst + suturing of the stomach defect (the upper pole remained, measuring 3x3 cm)

5

F

54

echinococcal cyst of the middle lobe of the spleen with suppuration (6 cm in diameter)

hemisplenectomy

6

M

54

echinococcal cysts of the spleen (13x12 cm), liver (4.5 cm), left kidney (1.0 cm)

resection of the lower lobe of the spleen, echinococcectomy from the liver and kidney

7

F

53

hamartoma of the upper lobe (10 cm in diameter)

anatomical resection of the upper spleen

8

F

33

hamartoma of the hilum area (8x9 cm)

hemisplenectomy (the lower pole remained, measuring 4x3 cm)

9

F

21

lymphangiomas of the upper and middle lobes (10 cm, 3 cm and 1 cm in diameter)

resection of the superior pole of the spleen

10

F

49

hemlymphangioma of the upper and middle lobe (6 cm in diameter)

resection of the superior pole of the spleen