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TAsplenia surgical techniques
Introduction
Surgery
Surgery
The mainstay of treatment for asplenia is medical therapy and prevention.[1]
- ↑ Waghorn DJ (2001). “Overwhelming infection in asplenic patients: current best practice preventive measures are not being followed”. J Clin Pathol. 54 (3): 214–8. doi:10.1136/jcp.54.3.214. PMC 1731383. PMID 11253134.
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