...B. Brenner; S. Tavori; I. Tatarsky The effect of splenectomy on hemostatic tests was studied in 10 patients with agnogenic myeloid metaplasia. Prolonged partial thromboplastin time and abnormal prothrombin consumption were found before splenectomy and were normalized postoperatively in the majority...

...Andrei Keidar; Boaz Sagi; Amir Szold Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) for immune thrombocytopenic purpura has a success rate of 70–90%. This invasive procedure is sometimes required for patients with refractory thombocytopenia. However, no data on their outcome are available. If the hematologic...

... developed massive intracranial bleeding. Despite an extremely low platelet count (2×10 9 /liter) which was refractory to platelet transfusions, successful emergency splenectomy was performed, with rapid resolution of the thrombocytopenia. Bleeding complications are extremely rare in viral-associated ITP...