Splenectomy in Hemolytic Anemia
- 4 September 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 259 (10) , 459-463
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195809042591001
Abstract
SPLENECTOMY has been employed for many years in the treatment of hemolytic anemia. Although striking improvement can be expected in certain types of hemolytic anemia — particularly hereditary spherocytosis — results of splenectomy in other types have generally been unpredictable. The observations of Jandl et al.1 on body-surface scanning after the injection of red cells tagged with radioactive chromate (Cr51) suggested that this technic might be helpful in predicting the results of splenectomy.The present report is concerned with the evaluation of this procedure in 50 patients, including 10 in whom splenectomy was done.Material and MethodsPatients were . . .Keywords
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