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Nephrosplenic entrapment may be corrected using
surgical or non-surgical methods and has an excellent prognosis for survival. Correction of the entrapment via exploratory celiotomy may be challenging in certain cases and is hampered by marked splenic enlargement. Direct intra-splenic injection of phenylephrine is a novel method of reducing the size of the spleen, which facilitated correction of nephrosplenic entrapment in a recently reported clinical case (Loomes and Anderson 2020). The direct intra-splenic phenylephrine injection technique warrants further investigation to determine safety and the lowest efficacious dose.
Authors’ declaration of interests No conflicts of interest have been declared.
Ethical animal research Not applicable to this clinical commentary.
Authorship
Both authors equally contributed to manuscript preparation and both approved the final version.
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