Partial splenectomy in Gaucher's disease: follow-up report.
This is a follow-up report of three children who had partial splenectomy and are suffering from Gaucher's disease. A few years following partial splenectomy in every patient, the remaining spleen enlarged and hypersplenism reappeared; partial splenectomy did not prevent bone destruction if it already existed before partial splenectomy. Treatment with Ceredase parallel with partial splenectomy may have theoretical and practical advantages.
Bar-Maor
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000379:methods