Open AccessSplenectomy for Werlhof's disease
Author(s) -
Z. V. Ilyasova
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj79856
Subject(s) - splenectomy , medicine , surgery , disease , hemostasis , conservative treatment , spleen
In the question of indications for splenectomy, one should be guided by the principle of the urgency of this operation in all cases of thrombocytopenic bleeding that threaten the patient's life. All conservative methods of stopping bleeding are ineffective. Splenectomy in such cases is one of the most powerful means in the system of hemostatic measures.