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splenectomy
Sign in to saveA splenectomy is the surgical procedure that partially or completely removes the spleen. The spleen is an important organ in regard to immunological function due to its ability to efficiently destroy encapsulated bacteria. Therefore, removal of the spleen runs the risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, a medical emergency and rapidly fatal disease caused by the inability of the body's immune system to properly fight infection following splenectomy or asplenia.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Splenectomy
- Medical intervention.Image
- Spleen after spleenectomy.jpg
- Medical intervention.Caption
- Surgically removed spleen of a child with thalassemia. It is about 15 times larger than normal.
- Medical intervention.ICD9
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- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D013156
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Research
34,134 papers- Prophylactic Splenectomy and Hyposplenism in Spaceflight.Aerospace medicine and human performance · 2022
- Splenectomy in zebrafish: a new model for immune thrombocytopenia.Platelets · 2022
- Elective splenectomy for hematological diseases: a vanishing indication.Surgical endoscopy · 2024
- Splenectomy in hematology. Current practice and new perspectives.Haematologica · 1999
- Robotic vs. Laparoscopic Splenectomy in Management of Non-traumatic Splenic Pathologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American surgeon · 2022
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Indications
- Procedure
- Side effects
- Subtotal splenectomy
- History
- See also
- References
A splenectomy is the surgical procedure that partially or completely removes the spleen. The spleen is an important organ in regard to immunological function due to its ability to efficiently destroy encapsulated bacteria. Therefore, removal of the spleen runs the risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, a medical emergency and rapidly fatal disease caused by the inability of the body's immune system to properly fight infection following splenectomy or asplenia.
Common indications for splenectomy include trauma, tumors, splenomegaly or for hematological disease such as sickle cell anemia or thalassemia.