Open AccessExperience of splenectomy in Thalassemia
Author(s) -
Abdul Majid,
Farogh Zahra,
Muhammad Waheed,
Javaira Manan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of king edward medical university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2079-7192
pISSN - 2079-0694
DOI - 10.21649/akemu.v10i1.1157
Subject(s) - medicine , splenectomy , sepsis , thalassemia , surgery , general surgery , spleen
Fourteen Thalassaemic, male and female patients, age ranging from 5 years to 20 years, under went splenectomy in our surgical unit after careful preparation. Non of them required more than one transfusion during the procedure. Respiratory and wound infection was the problem in 9 out of 14 patients. One bled through the abdominal drain site and managed with pressure dressing. No serious sepsis or mortality was observed in this series.