title: [Splenectomy in osteomyelofibrosis. Indications and outcome].
abstract: Osteomyelofibrosis is a myeloproliferative disorder in which fibrosis and sclerosis finally lead to bone marrow obliteration. Liver and spleen compensate for bone marrow loss with extramedullary hematopoiesis. In some patients the resulting splenomegaly causes severe symptoms such as local compression, thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia. In such patients, splenectomy is the only promising treatment, although it represents a significant risk.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Böhner
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Rötzscher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tirier
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heit
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010976:Platelet Count; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome