Complications of Splenectomy: Etiology, Prevention, and Management

SPLENIC STUDIES

1952 • 934 citations

Post splenectomy sepsis

1973 • 393 citations

The Born-Again Spleen

1978 • 336 citations

Splenectomy in childhood: A review of 1413 cases

1972 • 314 citations

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SPLEEN IN RESISTANCE TO INFECTION

1919 • 243 citations

IMMUNE RESPONSE AFTER SPLENECTOMY

1978 • 231 citations

Postsplenectomy Infection

1981 • 173 citations

Specificity of an immunoprecipitin test for non-A non-B hepatitis.

1981 • 172 citations

Relation Between Splenectomy and Subsequent Infection: A Clinical Study

1962 • 167 citations

Thromboembolic Risk of Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis

1978 • 164 citations

The Risk of Sepsis in the Asplenic Adult

1981 • 163 citations

Guidelines for the Use of Thrombolytic Agents

1979 • 162 citations

Abdominal Drains

1970 • 136 citations

Splenectomy in childhood: A review in England and Wales, 1960–4

1976 • 132 citations

Splenorrhaphy: changing concepts for the traumatized spleen.

1979 • 130 citations

Overwhelming Postsplenectomy Infection

1979 • 128 citations

Prophylactic Abdominal Drains

1972 • 119 citations

Relative merits of partial splenectomy, splenic reimplantation, and immunization in preventing postsplenectomy infection.

1979 • 117 citations

Techniques of Splenic Conservation

1979 • 111 citations

Preservation of splenic function by autotransplantation of traumatized spleen in man.

1981 • 105 citations

Immunological Impairment and Susceptibility to Infection After Splenectomy

1976 • 105 citations

The Importance of Splenic Blood Flow In Clearing Pneumococcal Orgnanisms

1982 • 103 citations

Classification of thrombocytosis based on platelet function tests: correlation with hemorrhagic and thrombotic complications.

1972 • 103 citations

The Morbidity and Mortality of Splenectomy in Childhood

1977 • 100 citations

Bacterial infections in pediatric Hodgkin's disease.Relationship to radiotherapy, chemotherapy and splenectomy

1978 • 90 citations

Abnormalities of Platelet Function in the Myeloproliferative Disorders

1972 • 85 citations

Protective effect of residual splenic tissue after subtotal splenectomy

1978 • 84 citations

Evolving Concepts in Splenic Surgery: Splenorrhaphy versus Splenectomy and Postsplenectomy Drainage: Experience in 105 Patients

1981 • 79 citations

Characterization of Postsplenectomy Bacteremia among Patients with and without Lymphoma

1972 • 74 citations

Increased Susceptibility of Splenectomized Rats to Infection with Diplococcus pneumoniae

1972 • 72 citations

Post-splenectomy infection

1981 • 72 citations

Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis

1978 • 72 citations

Selective management of injured spleen.

1981 • 67 citations

Infections in 92 splenectomized patients with Hodgkin's disease

1975 • 67 citations

Relative merits of partial splenectomy, splenic reimplantation, and immunization in preventing postsplenectomy infection

1980 • 64 citations

Incidental Splenectomy

1976 • 62 citations

Thrombosis of the portal vein following splenectomy for myeloid metaplasia.

1981 • 58 citations

Changing Indications for Splenectomy

1980 • 57 citations

Pulmonary Infection Complicating Intra-Abdominal Sepsis

1982 • 57 citations

Mesenteric Thrombosis Following Splenectomy

1975 • 55 citations

A Quarter Century With Splenectomy

1974 • 54 citations

Splenorrhaphy: Changing concepts for the traumatized spleen

1980 • 54 citations

Preservation of splenic function by autotransplantation of traumatized spleen in man

1982 • 53 citations

Serum immunoglobulin changes after accidental splenectomy in adults

1978 • 50 citations

Pneumococcal serum opsonizing activity in splenectomized children

1975 • 50 citations

Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis

1963 • 50 citations

Deep Venous Thrombosis and Postsplenectomy Thrombocytosis

1978 • 47 citations

Traumatic Asplenia in Adults

1981 • 46 citations

Effects of splenectomy on the humoral immune system. A study in neonatally and adult splenectomized mice.

1978 • 44 citations

The risk of splenectomy

1970 • 42 citations

Is Splenic Salvage Safe in the Traumatized Patient?

1981 • 41 citations

Surgery of the Spleen

1983 • 41 citations

Fatal Pneumococcal Bacteremia in a Vaccinated, Splenectomized Child

1979 • 38 citations

Humoral immunity in experimental hyposplenism.

1978 • 38 citations

Selective management of injured spleen

1982 • 33 citations

THE TRANSPLANTATION OF SPLENIC TISSUE INTO THE SUBCUTANEOUS FASCIA OF THE ABDOMEN IN RABBITS

1917 • 33 citations

Rationale for and Methods of Splenic Preservation Following Trauma

1981 • 32 citations

Wound drainage after splenectomy

1969 • 32 citations

A Statistical Study of Postoperative Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism. I. Incidence. in Various Types of Operations

1941 • 31 citations

Splenic trauma

1981 • 31 citations

Local Infections After Splenectomy

1965 • 30 citations

Platelet and fibrinogen kinetics in the chronic myeloproliferative disorders

1972 • 30 citations

Ultrasonic partial splenectomy.

1982 • 29 citations

Incidental splenectomy: Early and late postoperative complications

1979 • 29 citations

Complications Following Splenectomy With Special Emphasis on Drainage

1966 • 28 citations

STUDIES ON BARTONELLA MURIS ANEMIA OF ALBINO RATS

1930 • 28 citations

MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM INJURIES TO THE SPLEEN

1974 • 28 citations

Splenorrhaphy for Splenic Trauma

1979 • 27 citations

Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis Following Splenectomy

1965 • 25 citations

Traumatic rupture of the spleen

1945 • 25 citations

Splenectomy: A Review of Morbidity

1976 • 25 citations

The syndrome of pneumococcemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation and asplenia.

1979 • 22 citations

Protection against pneumococcal bacteremia by partial splenectomy.

1981 • 21 citations

Splenectomy in children

1976 • 18 citations

Revascularization of the myocardium

1981 • 17 citations

Complications of splenectomy.

1973 • 14 citations

RELEASE OF FREE FATTY ACIDS FOLLOWING TRAUMA

1969 • 14 citations

Postoperative gastrointestinal fistulas

1968 • 14 citations

Gastrocutaneous Fistula—as a Postoperative Complication

1970 • 13 citations

Postsplenectomy gastric perforation.

1967 • 11 citations

1993 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE SURGERY OF TRAUMA

1994 • 10 citations

Rupture of the spleen. A report of 90 cases.

1969 • 10 citations

COMPLICATIONS IN SURGERY AND THEIR MANAGEMENT

1961 • 8 citations

Splenectomy

1969 • 7 citations

Post splenectomy fever

1974 • 7 citations

SUBCUTANEOUS TRAUMATIC RUPTURE OF THE NORMAL SPLEEN

1914 • 6 citations

Splenectomy: its indications and complications.

1965 • 6 citations

Influence of splenectomy on serum immunoglobulin levels in human patients.

1974 • 5 citations

Splenectomy: indications and complications.

1982 • 4 citations

Complications of splenectomy

2020 • 3 citations

Complications of splenectomy.

1950 • 3 citations