ReviewInfection and drug resistance2019
Post-splenectomy sepsis: preventative strategies, challenges, and solutions.
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- Emergency surgical management for complicated schistosomal massive splenomegaly with portomesenteric thrombosis and bowel ischemia: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026Article
- Retrospective evaluation of anatomical laparoscopic single-port partial splenectomy guided by three-dimensional CT reconstruction planning for hereditary spherocytosis.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Article
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- Successful Management of Septic Splenitis in an Abyssinian Cat.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Evaluating functional hyposplenism in pediatric hodgkin lymphoma: the role of marginal zone b cells post-radiotherapy.BMC cancer · 2026Article
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- Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy Revealing a Wandering Spleen With Infarction: A Case Report.Case reports in surgery · 2026Article
- Case Report: MR-guided adaptive stereotactic body radiotherapy for splenic metastases: a case series of technical feasibility and early clinical outcomes.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Perioperative care of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia on tyrosine kinase inhibitors.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
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- A novel three-block method for laparoscopic partial splenectomy: improved spleen preservation and reduced complications.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Isolated splenic tuberculosis mimicking a solid splenic neoplasm in an immunocompetent patient: A surgical case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2025Article
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- Longterm efficacy of a patient focused intervention in patients with asplenia- a three year follow-up of the PrePPS trial.Infection · 2025Article
- A case of conservatively managed pelvic wandering spleen clinically mimicking uterine mass: A case report and literature review.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Ten-year experience with pediatric splenic Hydatidosis: Clinical profiles, surgical outcomes, and prognostic indicators.Food and waterborne parasitology · 2025Article
- Wandering spleen with torsion in pelvic: A case report and literature review.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Retinitis linked to human herpesvirus type 6: a case study in a splenectomised patient.Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection · 2025Article
- True Spontaneous Splenic Rupture Mimicking Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Case Report.Clinical medicine insights. Case reports · 2025Article
- Predisposing Factors to Infections in Thalassemia Syndrome Patients.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
Removal of the spleen had already been established as a routine technique to treat splenic trauma and other diseases affecting the spleen before the anatomy, physiology, and function of the spleen were known in the mid-twentieth century. It is now widely accepted that the splenectomized individual is at increased risk for infection, in particular, overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI). OPSI is a syndrome of fulminant sepsis occurring in splenectomized (asplenic) or hyposplenic individuals that is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Poorly opsonized bacteria such as encapsulated bacteria, in particular,
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