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