Splenosis after splenectomy and spleen tissue autoimplantation: Late followup study

• Main Authors: Carlos T Brandt (Author), S. C. S. Brandão (Author), A. L. C. Domingues (Author), L A Gondra (Author), R A Viana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim : In children suffering from severe hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, the surgical protocol includes splenectomy and autoimplantation of spleen morsels in the major omentum, which has the potential of reducing the overwhelming postsplenectomy infection (OPSI). The purpose of the study was to evalua...