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The Increase in the Number of Circulating Megakaryocytes and Blood Platelets in Rats after Surgery
Author(s) -
Pedersen N. Tinggaard
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1973.tb00097.x
Subject(s) - platelet , medicine , megakaryocyte , cytoplasm , inferior vena cava , surgery , andrology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , haematopoiesis , stem cell
The effect of surgery on the number of circulating megakaryocytes in the inferior vena cava was studied in 58 female rats 1–20 d after intervention. A significant postoperative increase in the number of circulating megakaryocytes was found, without any change in the percentage distribution of megakaryocytes with copious cytoplasm (27 % as against 25 %) and naked nuclei. The number of blood platelets on the first three post‐operative days was normal, but showed an increase from day 4 to day 18 with a maximum increase on days 7–11 to about 150 %.