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 +4 more
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Physician decision making in selection of second-line treatments in immune thrombocytopenia in children. [PDF]
, 2018 Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired autoimmune bleeding disorder which presents with isolated thrombocytopenia and risk of hemorrhage. While most children with ITP promptly recover with or without drug therapy, ITP is persistent or chronic in ...
Bennett, Carolyn M. +23 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.
Saira Saleem +3 more
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204 Splenektomi Olgusunun Analizi; Splenektomi Endikasyonları Değişiyor Mu?
Van Tıp Dergisi, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Comprehension of the role of spleen in immune processes and definition of laparoscopic splenectomy have led to narrowing of indications of splenectomy, preferring spleen-sparing surgical approaches if splenectomy will be performed for ...
Necat Almalı, Özkan Yılmaz
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Underlying disease is the main risk factor in post-splenectomy complication risk: Data from a national database. [PDF]
Br J HaematolThe association between underlying haematological disease, age at splenectomy and post‐splenectomy complications was explored among 1348 splenectomized patients, followed in 53 clinical centres with a median follow‐up time of 13 years and affected by transfusion‐dependent thalassaemia (TDT), non‐transfusion‐dependent thalassaemia (NTDT), sickle cell ...
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Spleen histology in children with sickle cell disease and hereditary spherocytosis: Hints on the disease pathophysiology [PDF]
, 2016 open2Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) and sickle cell disease (SCD) are associated with splenomegaly and spleen dysfunction in pediatric patients. Scant data exist on possible correlations between spleen morphology and function in HS and SCD.
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Successful Splenectomy for Hypersplenism in Wilson's Disease: A Single Center Experience from China.
PLoS ONE, 2015 Splenomegaly and pancytopenia are common in Wilson's disease (WD) and splenectomy is one of the conventional treatments for splenomegaly and the associated pancytopenia.
Liang-Yong Li +8 more
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Infectious Diseases Associated With Renal Homotransplantation: I. Incidence, Types, and Predisposing Factors [PDF]
, 1964 Infectious diseases occurred in 26 of 30 renal homotransplantation patients and contributed to eight of the 12 deaths in this series. There were 52 infections, 17 occurring before and 35 after transplantation.
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Medicine Science, 2019 Although, most splenectomy is predictive due to preoperative tests, sometimes the decision to perform the splenectomy is made intraoperatively for non-primary splenic diseases. The aim of this study to investigate the risks, benefits and necessity of non-
Yusuf Gunay, Ilhan Tasdoven
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Can we continue research in splenectomized dogs? Mycoplasma haemocanis: Old problem - New insight [PDF]
, 2004 We report the appearance of a Mycoplasma haemocanis infection in laboratory dogs, which has been reported previously, yet, never before in Europe. Outbreak of the disease was triggered by a splenectomy intended to prepare the dogs for a hemorrhagic shock
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