An increase susceptibility to overwhelming infection is now a well-recognized complication of splenectomy. A number of alternatives to splenectomy have been proposed that could possibly prevent this complication of the asplenic state. The present study analize the histological regeneration of the splenic tissue in rats underwent to subtotal splenectomy. Thirty adult male Wistar rats were used, weighing 160 to 210g. The rats were underwent to subtotal splenectomy, divided into three groups of ten rats each, and analized after 15, 30, and 45 days. After this period of time the splenic tissue were withdrawn and submitted to histological examination. The splenic tissue structure on the 15th day was irregular without necrosis. The histological examination on the 30th day, the splenic tissue in the capsule was now with a greater development. After 45th day, an important similarity was observed between the splenic tissue recovered and the normal spleen in all its details. The present study showed that the spleen underwent to subtotal splenectomy regenerat completely in a period of 45 days.
Histology; Regeneration; Spleen
