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Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 2:30pm This week as I reminisce, I am feeling much like dancing. Ten years ago this week I had just returned home from the hospital after a splenectomy with hopes of restoring a life-threatening low... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Read on »

Treatments for Anemia by Med RX Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm Here is a list of treatments and procedures that are commonly used to treat Anemia: Blood Transfusion Blood transfusions Bone Marrow Transplant Copper EPO injections Folic acid supplements Healthy diet High-iron diet Intravenous iron Iron Iron supplements Splenectomy These are just some of the treatments and procedures Read on »

What is hypersplenism? by Jeremy Posted Fri 28 Aug 2009 8:18pm in compensation for the cytopenia(s)) Correction of the cytopenias following splenectomy Obviously, you don't just whip out the spleen to see if things improve; you use the other Read on »

Using a device without training may have cost a young girl her life by David Smith, MD Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:03pm The January 6, 2009 issue of the Daily Mail (a British newspaper) relates the story of a five year old girl with hereditary spherocytosis who presented for elective splenectomy. Multiple family members had the disease and had undergone the procedure in the past without complication. The plan was to remove the spleen laparoscopically Read on »

I will dance by Debbie Ross Facebook

Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:30pm This week as I reminisce, I am feeling much like dancing. Ten years ago this week I had just returned home from the hospital after a splenectomy with hopes of restoring a life-threatening low platelet count. It was a very scary time . Now ten years later, it is wonderful to look back and see where I was then and how far I have come. My healing Read on »

Hereditary spherocytosis by pathologystudent Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:55am . Therapy for this disorder, if necessary (many patients can get along just fine), involves splenectomy (if the patient can tolerate it). The spleen is the site of destruction... will still have some spherocytes in the blood. But you are treating the disease so effectively that the patient should not have any further clinical symptoms. If splenectomy Read on »

Treatment Options - Hairy Cell Leukemia(Review) by Greg Gilbert Posted Sun 18 Oct 2009 10:05pm (INF-a) may be used instead. In limited cases, the patient may benefit from splenectomy (removal of the spleen) or treatment with colony-stimulating factors (e.g., granulocyte Read on »

To transplant or not by Kamal S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:57pm be a cause of the low WBC count. So, he thinks we should consider the possibility of doing a splenectomy (remove the spleen) before going for a transplant. But he's not sure Read on »

Dr. A.K. Kriplani Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgeon by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm . He is the first in the country to perform laparoscopic adrenalectomy, laparoscopic splenectomy and laparoscopic live donor Read on »

Thalidomide and Revlimid for myelofibrosis by Mark Levin Posted Wed 24 Jun 2009 7:01pm , hydroxyurea, and splenectomy. Single agent thalidomide has been associated with significant palliative effects in patients with myeloid metaplasia including improvement in blood counts Read on »

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