title: Elective splenectomy for hematologic diseases: can we predict complications?
authors.affiliation: Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Juan I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Arcelus
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000401:mortality*