Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond

Includes bibliographical references. === The risk of pneumococcal infection post splenectomy is life long so all patients undergoing splenectomy are given polyvalent (23-valent) unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, preoperatively. The aim of this study was 1. to measure the success of s...

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Main Author:	Seth, Yunus S
Other Authors:	Novitzky, Nicholas
Format:	Dissertation
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cape Town 2014
Subjects:	Haematology
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2833

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spelling	ndltd-netd.ac.za-oai-union.ndltd.org-uct-oai-localhost-11427-28332020-10-06T05:10:59Z Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond Seth, Yunus S Novitzky, Nicholas Haematology Includes bibliographical references. The risk of pneumococcal infection post splenectomy is life long so all patients undergoing splenectomy are given polyvalent (23-valent) unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, preoperatively. The aim of this study was 1. to measure the success of splenectomy at a tertiary institution at 5 years and beyond. 2. To review the incidence of complications peri-operatively and long term. 3. Review the need for possible re-vaccination (as recommended in American and British guidelines and 4. perform a re-appraisal of patients found to be refractory to treatment. 2014-07-28T13:32:44Z 2014-07-28T13:32:44Z 2002 Master Thesis Masters MMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2833 eng application/pdf University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences Division of Clinical Haematology
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description	Includes bibliographical references. === The risk of pneumococcal infection post splenectomy is life long so all patients undergoing splenectomy are given polyvalent (23-valent) unconjugated pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, preoperatively. The aim of this study was 1. to measure the success of splenectomy at a tertiary institution at 5 years and beyond. 2. To review the incidence of complications peri-operatively and long term. 3. Review the need for possible re-vaccination (as recommended in American and British guidelines and 4. perform a re-appraisal of patients found to be refractory to treatment.
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title	Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond
title_short	Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond
title_full	Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond
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title_full_unstemmed	Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond
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Review and re-appraisal of patients treated with splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenic purpura at five years and beyond

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