title: Childhood splenectomy: indications for and results from.
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006971:Hypersplenism / Q000601:surgery; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D010372:Pediatrics; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000601:surgery; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000401:mortality; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000601:surgery