Long term follow up of splenectomised patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- abstracts
- Published by National Library of Serbia in Acta chirurgica Iugoslavica
- Vol. 49 (3), 29-34
- https://doi.org/10.2298/aci0203029e
Abstract
Splenectomy is definitive treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) because it removes both the sites of autoantibody producing cells and also the major site of platelet destruction. The purpose of this study was to evaluate long term results of splenectomised patients with ITP and to determine predictor factors for good response. A 167 patients with chronic ITP (136 females, 31 males), median aged 35 years (17-74) was splenectomised after 2 to 160 months (Median 12) from diagnosis of ITP. Indications for splenectomy were: 6 weeks of steroid therapy with platelet count below 10x10^9/l or 3 months with platelet count under 30xl0^9/l, or treatment with prednisone above 30 mg more of 6 months to increase platelet count over 30x10^9/l, or repeated relapses. Postoperative complications developed in 16 patients (9.5%), 3 of them died (1.8%) due to thromboembolism and 17 patients discontinued later controls. During follow up to 172 months (Median 62) 111/147 splenectomised patients were in remission (75.5%), 99 in complete (above 100x10^9/l), 12 in partial (50-100x109/l) and 36 patients (24.5%) were relapsed (below 50x10^9/l). Remission was achieved in 79/88 patients (89.8%) with good response to prednisone before splenectomy toward 32/62 patients (51.6%) with poor response to prednisone (pKeywords
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