Surgeons' and Hematologists' Decisions on Splenectomy in the Treatment of Congenital Spherocytosis

• Authors: Jacek Dadan , Marek Róg , Piotr Wojskowicz , Paweł Iwacewicz , Kamil Safiejko , Jacek Jaromin , Magdalena Róg-Makal , Zbigniew Puchalski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the study was to present and discuss the results of surgical treatment of congenital spherocytois in our department.Material and methods. Between 1994 and 2001 in the Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery at the Medical University in Białystok, 14 surgical excisions of enlarged spleens were performed because of congenital spherocytosis. The patients included five men and nine women aged between 17 and 61.Results. Diagnosis; non-surgical treatment and principles governing the decicion to use surgical intervention were evaluated by the Department of Hematology. Histopathological examinations for all cases confirmed the diagnosis of congenital spherocytosis.Conclusions. The undertaking of carefully considered procedures by the surgeons and hematologists in our departments resulted in propitious results in all the cases presented.

Keywords

EN

congenital spherocytosis; anaemia haemolytica; haemolysis; splenectomy

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 146-152

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2008

online

7 - 4 - 2008

Contributors

author

Jacek Dadan

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Marek Róg

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Piotr Wojskowicz

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Paweł Iwacewicz

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Kamil Safiejko

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Jacek Jaromin

• Department of Hematology, Medical University, Białystok

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Magdalena Róg-Makal

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Zbigniew Puchalski

• 1st Department of General and Endocrinological Surgery, Medical University, Białystok

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-008-0017-2