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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The mainstay of treatment for TTP is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either no cure with plasma treatments and medicines.
Indications
Indications
Surgery
Surgery
- Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients withTTP. Sometimes splenectomy is needed, because the antibodies is made by cell in spleen that block ADAMTS13 enzyme activity.[1]
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