Chapter-57 Spleen
BOOK TITLE: Surgery: Core Principles and Practice
Author
1. Williamson James ML
2. Williamson Robin CN
ISBN
9789351525233
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18887_60
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2017
Pages
41
Author Affiliations
1.
Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, England, UK
2.
Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital London, England, UK,
Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital, London, England, UK
Chapter keywords
Spleen,
postsplenectomy sepsis,
splenectomy indication,
surgical anatomy,
applied physiology,
hyposplenism,
asplenia,
hypersplenism,
splenomegaly,
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,
Hodgkin’s disease,
leukemia,
splenectomy preoperative preparation,
postsplenectomy sepsis,
antibiotic prophylaxis,
vaccine prophylaxis,
spleen-preserving operation