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Does the Performance of Splenectomy as Part of Cytoreductive Surgery Carry a Worse Prognosis Than in Patients Not Receiving Splenectomy? A Propensity Score Analysis and Review of the Literature

Journal of Investigative Surgery, 2022
Background & Objectives Ultra-radical (UR) procedures, including splenectomy, are utilized to increase complete cytoreduction rates during Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) performed with the aim of complete macroscopic clearance of disease.
James Davies, Viren Asher, Anish Bali, Summi Abdul, Andrew Phillips   +4 more
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Changes in peripheral lymphocyte populations in patients with advanced/recurrent ovarian cancer undergoing splenectomy during cytoreductive surgery

Journal of Ovarian Research, 2021
Background To investigate changes in peripheral lymphocyte subsets after splenectomy during cytoreductive surgery for advanced or recurrent ovarian cancers.
Wei Chen, Shuang Ye, Yutuan Wu, Xuan Pei, Libing Xiang, Bo Ping, Boer Shan, Huijuan Yang   +7 more
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Splenectomy Correlates With Increased Risk of Pyogenic Liver Abscess: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan

Journal of Epidemiology, 2015
Objectives: Little is known about the risk of pyogenic liver abscess in patients with splenectomy. We explored the relationship between splenectomy and pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan.
Shih-Wei Lai, Hsueh-Chou Lai, Cheng-Li Lin, Kuan-Fu Liao   +3 more
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History of splenectomy

International Journal of Surgery, 2013
The spleen has been considered for millennia a fascinating and mysterious organ with multiple functions. The spleen has long been an organ of interest in popular as well as medical literature.A literature (Pubmed) and historical review about splenectomy has been performed.The importance of spleen and the related surgical procedure of splenectomy has ...
DIONIGI, RENZO, BONI, LUIGI, Rausei S, ROVERA, FRANCESCA ANGELA, DIONIGI, GIANLORENZO   +4 more
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Partial splenectomy followed by total splenectomy in thalassemia

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2017
Total splenectomy is the usual operative practice for children with thalassemia requiring splenectomy. But wherever possible, the surgical community should carefully consider partial splenectomy as an alternative treatment option that may offer few ...
Abu Saleh Md. Oli Ullah, Bhupal Chandra Barman, Md. Ruhul Amin   +2 more
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Role of splenectomy in human liver transplantation under modern-day immunosuppression [PDF]

, 1998
Between January 1987 and October 1991, 1466 patients underwent consecutive Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLTx) at the University of Pittsburgh. Forty of these patient's had concomitant splenectomy with OLTx.
Demetris, AJ, Eghtesad, B, Fung, JJ, Irish, WD, Samimi, F, Starzl, TE   +5 more
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Splenectomy in the management of primary immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia and primary immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2022
Background Current reports about the use of splenectomy for the management of immune‐mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) or immune‐mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) or both in dogs are limited.
Jason P. Bestwick, Barbara J. Skelly, James W. Swann, Barbara Glanemann, Nick Bexfield, Zeta Gkoka, David J. Walker, Paolo Silvestrini, Sophie Adamantos, Mayank Seth, James Warland   +10 more
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Knowledge of the Relatives of Thalassemia Patients with Special Regards to Splenectomy as a Treatment Modality: A Cross-Sectional Survey [PDF]

Perspectives In Medical Research, 2020
Background: Thalassemia is a hereditary autosomal recessive haemoglobinopathy that remains a major health problem throughout the world. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate knowledge of the relatives of Thalassemia patients ...
Dr. Neeraj K. Dewanda1 , Dr. Ankit Kumar2 *
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Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia Resistant to Splenectomy

International Journal of Medical Students, 2020
Background: A satisfactory therapeutic response is achieved with splenectomy in 60–80% of the patients diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).
Aleksandar Kara-Jovanović, Nada Suvajdžić-Vuković   +1 more
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A Retrospective Observational Single-Centre Study on the Burden of Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) [PDF]

, 2012
Background: German data on economic consequences of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) are limited. Patients and Methods: A retrospective, observational study based on chart review of adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of ITP was conducted at a German ...
Ackermann, Birgit, Bauer, Matthäus, Baumann, Anja, Berger, Karin, Ostermann, Helmut, Schopohl, Dorothee, Shlaen, Rita   +6 more
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