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Old Wed May 30, 2007, 02:47 PM
John R John R is offline
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Splenectomy

Was wondering if anyonewould comment on the pros and cons of a splenectomy.
I'm a 46y/o male who's had MDS. My Hemonc. thinks removal of the spleen would increase p-lets andpossibly other lines.
Any comments?
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Old Wed Jun 6, 2007, 09:47 AM
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I don't know if it would buy you that much and it is major sugery. I have read where people have done this and saw very short lived improvement. Unless your spleen is diseased, I would hang on to it. This is just my opinion.

I would need to see some pretty solid statistics on this approach.

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