Repeated partial splenic artery embolization for hypersplenism improves platelet count

Splenic embolization is a minimally invasive alternative to splenectomy for the treatment of hypersplenism. This was a retrospective study of 101 patients with hypersplenism caused by cirrhosis who were treated with splenic embolization and for whom 6 months of follow-up data were available. Of thes...

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Main Authors: Tan Youwen, Wang Jiamin, Sun Li, Ye Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2022-04-01
Series:Open Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2022-0479