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splenectomy

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splenectomy [splə′nek·tə·mē]
(medicine)
Surgical removal of the spleen.


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We did not monitor patients who underwent splenectomy, transplantation patients, or patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy.
Active cytomegalovirus infection in patients with septic shock by Mertens, Thomas / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The 10-year-old child almost died twice from respiratory arrest, and he underwent an emergency (and unnecessary) splenectomy, as possible treatment for thrombocytopenia.
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In the meantime, he also gradually developed splenomegaly, and in November 2000 he underwent a splenectomy to relieve left upper-quadrant discomfort.
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