SPLENECTOMY IN MYELOID METAPLASIA

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 53  (3) , 515-518
Abstract
Between 1960-1977, 50 patients with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia were splenectomized. Some 25 of 26 patients with painful splenomegaly, 4 of 9 patients with refractory hemolytic anemia, 4 of 10 patients with refractory thrombocytopenia and 4 of 4 patients with portal hypertension showed significant benefit from the procedure. There were 5 immediate postoperative deaths. Four of these deaths occurred early in the series of splenectomies for myeloid metaplasia before 1970. Only 1 death has occurred in the last 21 patients operated on. Survival following splenectomy averaged 25.5 mo.

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