Clinical and laboratory outcomes following total or partial splenectomy in patients with hereditary spherocytosis
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Serena Ilaria Tripodi; Matthew M. Heeney; Robert C. Shamberger; Venée N. Tubman
- Source
- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 36:382-389
- Subject
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Splenectomy
Hematology
medicine.disease
Health outcomes
Hereditary spherocytosis
Partial splenectomy
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
In patient
business
030215 immunology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1521-0669
0888-0018
This study compared outcomes following total (TS) or partial splenectomy (PS) among patients with hereditary spherocytosis. Seventy-nine patients (TS = 33, PS = 46) were identified. The follow-up p...