Splenectomy in childhood: A review of 1413 cases

Splenectomy in childhood: A review of 1413 cases

Mortality for elective splenectomy in children with congenital hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenia may be expected to be less than 1%. The mortality is higher in those children with the most serious primary diseases and highest among the youngest patients with urgent indications for sur...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric surgery 1972-08, Vol.7 (4), p.382-388
Hauptverfasser: Eraklis, Angelo J., Filler, Robert M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Age Factors
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital - mortality
Blood Coagulation Disorders - etiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Electronic Data Processing
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hematologic Diseases - surgery
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection - epidemiology
Infection - mortality
Male
Methods
Spleen - abnormalities
Splenectomy - adverse effects
Splenectomy - mortality
Thalassemia - mortality
Thrombocytopenia - mortality
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Mortality for elective splenectomy in children with congenital hemolytic anemia and idiopathic thrombocytopenia may be expected to be less than 1%. The mortality is higher in those children with the most serious primary diseases and highest among the youngest patients with urgent indications for surgery. Overwhelming infection as a cause of late mortality was unusual in the older children without a serious underlying systemic disease.
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/0022-3468(72)90006-1