What is of great interest is the long time interval (range 2–35 years) between the splenectomy in the patients studied by Jaïs et al 2 and the development of thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

It was shown that the life span of erythrocytes was not increased in mice that had undergone splenectomy. The function of RBCs sequestration was adopted by the liver, which almost doubled this ...

Objective Whether splenectomy increases the risk of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the association ...

Splenectomy is the second line of treatment Objectives Investigate the efficacy and safety of splenectomy in SLE patients compared with patients without SLE presenting acute, severe, refractory, life ...

All inpatient medical treatment attempts failed. On hospital day 40, a splenectomy was performed and he ultimately recovered and was discharged. Awareness of potential vaccination side effects is a ...