Laparoscopic splenectomy for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP): long-term outcomes of a modern cohort.

Luciano TastaldiDavid M KrpataAjita S PrabhuClayton C PetroIvy N HaskinsArielle J PerezHemasat AlkhatibIago ColturatoChao TuAlan LichtinMichael J RosenSteven Rosenblatt

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2018)

LS was curative in 68% of patients, with no statistically significant difference when performed before or after SLMTs. Outcomes remain challenging to predict preoperatively, with only a robust increase in platelet counts on short term being associated with long-term response.

Keyphrases

robot assisted
rectal cancer
peripheral blood
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
minimally invasive