Thromboembolic Risk of Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 113 (7), 808-809
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1978.01370190030004
Abstract
• Although thrombocytosis is a very common finding after splenectomy, the thromboembolic risk of postsplenectomy thrombocytosis has not been clarified. To our knowledge, this retrospective study of 318 patients without myeloproliferative disorders who underwent splenectomy is the largest of its type. Thrombocytosis developed in 75% of the patients. No substantial increase in the incidence of thromboembolism was detected in patients with thrombocytosis. (Arch Surg 113:808-809, 1978)This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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