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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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Effectiveness and Reliability of Splenectomy in Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenia

Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, 2020
Although splenectomy is markedly effective treatment modality at early period in adult chronic immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), long-term outcomes are still controversial.
Rıdvan Ali, Vildan Gürsoy, Mustafa Narmanlı, Yılmaz Özen   +3 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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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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Adverse prognostic impact of splenectomy on survival in gastric carcinoma patients: Regression and propensity score matching analysis of 1074 patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUNDS:Patients with proximal gastric carcinoma undergo total gastrectomy with concomitant splenectomy to ensure the complete removal of splenic hilar lymph nodes. However, the impact of splenectomy on survival remains uncertain. This study aimed to
Oh Jeong, Ho Goon Kim, Seong Yeob Ryu, Young Kyu Park, Mi Ran Jung   +4 more
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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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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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SPLENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE SPLENECTOMY COMPLICATIONS

THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2017
Objectives: To analyze the complications following elective splenectomy. StudyDesign: Descriptive cross- sectional. Setting and Duration: This study was conducted in thedepartment of surgery, Madinah Teaching Hospital, Faisalabad from January 2011 to December2016.
Irshad Ahmad, Saira Saleem, Shakeel Anjum, A.G. Rehan   +3 more
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Laparoscopic splenectomy

Surgical Endoscopy, 1992
Splenectomy has traditionally been done through a generous laparotomy incision, requiring complete mobilization of the spleen for removal. In selected cases, however, splenectomy may either be facilitated or performed entirely by laparoscopic means. Two patients with Hodgkin's disease in whom splenectomy was facilitated laparoscopically are described ...
B J, Carroll, E H, Phillips, C J, Semel, M, Fallas, L, Morgenstern   +4 more
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