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The post-splenectomy platelet count may rise to abnormally high levels (thrombocytosis), leading to an increased risk of potentially fatal clot formation. Mild thrombocytosis may be observed after a splenectomy due to the lack of sequestering and destruction of platelets that would normally be carried out by the spleen.
Splenic infarction is a condition in which blood flow supply to the spleen is compromised, [1] leading to partial or complete infarction (tissue death due to oxygen shortage) in the organ. [2] Splenic infarction occurs when the splenic artery or one of its branches are occluded, for example by a blood clot .
Overwhelming post-splenectomy sepsis (OPSS) [1] Specialty: Infectious disease: Usual onset: 24–48 hours following presentation with mild viral symptoms [2] Causes: Exposure to pathogens following splenectomy or asplenia: Risk factors: Splenectomy in the past 2–3 years, removal of spleen for hematological reasons, being under the age of 2 [2 ...
Other causes of reactive thrombocythemia include: post surgery, iron deficiency, drugs, and rebound effect after bone marrow suppression. [8] Research suggests that thrombocytosis can also occur after physical exercise, and is triggered by hemoconcentration and the release of platelets from the liver, lungs and spleen. [3] [9]
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a blood disorder that results in blood clots forming in small blood vessels throughout the body. [2] This results in a low platelet count, low red blood cells due to their breakdown, and often kidney, heart, and brain dysfunction. [1]
When compared to Moderate Hypothermia (temperature dropped to 26-31 °C [30]), there was less bleeding volume experienced during surgery thus leading to less use of packed red blood cells or plasma post surgery. [45] Longer recovery time postoperatively have been noted with DHCA as compared to Moderate Hypothermia, but the length of hospital ...
The family of 70-year-old William Bryan claims surgeon Thomas Shaknovsky removed his liver and not his spleen during a procedure he did not survive.
In medicine, a distal splenorenal shunt procedure (DSRS), also splenorenal shunt procedure and Warren shunt, [1] is a surgical procedure in which the distal splenic vein (a part of the portal venous system) is attached to the left renal vein (a part of the systemic venous system).