{"id":1053135,"date":"2011-08-07T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/post-splenectomy-and-hyposplenism-lancet-review.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:48:23","slug":"post-splenectomy-and-hyposplenism-lancet-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/post-splenectomy-and-hyposplenism-lancet-review.php","title":{"rendered":"Post-splenectomy and hyposplenism &#8211; Lancet review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The spleen links innate and adaptive immunity.<\/p><p>The impairment of splenic function is defined as <b>hyposplenism<\/b>. The term <b>asplenia<\/b> refers to the absence of the spleen, a condition that is rarely congenital and mostly post-surgical.<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-7EwzHC5a7dA\/TjdpwvAtWgI\/AAAAAAABQCM\/yQgc5ENK21E\/s1600\/Spleen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/539a5_Spleen.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br>Spleen. Image source: National Cancer Institute and Wikipedia, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Illu_spleen.jpg\">public domain<\/a>.<\/p><div><b>Complications of hyposplenism and asplenia<\/b><div><\/div><div>Hyposplenism and asplenia might predispose individuals to thromboembolic events. However, infectious complications are the most widely recognised consequences of these states.<p>Splenectomy and hyposplenism are associated with infections by encapsulated bacteria with high mortality, fulminant course, and refractoriness to common treatment.<\/p><p>Prevention through vaccination and antibiotic prophylaxis is the basis of management.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(10)61493-6\/abstract?rss=yes\">Post-splenectomy and hyposplenic states<\/a>. Antonio Di Sabatino MD, Rita Carsetti MD, Prof Gino Roberto Corazza MD. The Lancet, Volume 378, Issue 9785, Pages 86 - 97, 2 July 2011.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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The term asplenia refers to the absence of the spleen, a condition that is rarely congenital and mostly post-surgical.Spleen. 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