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SUBMITTER: Rice HE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4333061 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rice Henry E HE Englum Brian R BR Rothman Jennifer J Leonard Sarah S Reiter Audra A Thornburg Courtney C Brindle Mary M Wright Nicola N Heeney Matthew M MM Smithers Charles C Brown Rebeccah L RL Kalfa Theodosia T Langer Jacob C JC Cada Michaela M Oldham Keith T KT Scott J Paul JP St Peter Shawn S Sharma Mukta M Davidoff Andrew M AM Nottage Kerri K Bernabe Kathryn K Wilson David B DB Dutta Sanjeev S Glader Bertil B Crary Shelley E SE Dassinger Melvin S MS Dunbar Levette L Islam Saleem S Kumar Manjusha M Rescorla Fred F Bruch Steve S Campbell Andrew A Austin Mary M Sidonio Robert R Blakely Martin L ML
American journal of hematology 20141124 3
The outcomes of children with congenital hemolytic anemia (CHA) undergoing total splenectomy (TS) or partial splenectomy (PS) remain unclear. In this study, we collected data from 100 children with CHA who underwent TS or PS from 2005 to 2013 at 16 sites in the Splenectomy in Congenital Hemolytic Anemia (SICHA) consortium using a patient registry. We analyzed demographics and baseline clinical status, operative details, and outcomes at 4, 24, and 52 weeks after surgery. Results were summarized a ...[more]