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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Post-splenectomy sepsis: preventative strategies, challenges, and solutions

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019
Removal of the spleen had already been established as a routine technique to treat splenic trauma and other diseases affecting the spleen before the anatomy, physiology, and function of the spleen were known in the mid-twentieth century. It is now widely
Sarah Luu, D. Spelman, I. Woolley
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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.
Saira Saleem, A G Rehan, Irshad Ahmad, Shakeel Anjum   +3 more
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