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Spleen - Coggle Diagram
Spleen
Historical
In 1777, he wrote of the lymphatic nature of the spleen and its filtering function and even suggested its role in hematopoiesis
In 1916, a medical student wrote on the key role played by the spleen in the destruction of platelets leading to the first reported (and successful) splenectomy for a patient with ITP.
It took Springer’s 1973 review of almost 2.5% incidence of sepsis-induced mortality (vs. 0.01% in the general population) to reorient surgeons to more conservative splenic procedures.
The advent of minimally invasive surgery and laparoscopic splenectomy in the early 1990s represented a clear advance.
As even more contemporary research reveals the spleen to play a central role in immune, metabolic, and endocrine function, it follows that the surgeon’s role going forward will be to preserve this organ and its functions whenever possible.
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Outcomes
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Microbiology, Pathogenesis and C/P
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