Splenectomy in Leukemia and Leukosarcoma

作者：John Herbert Fisher, C. Stuart Welch, William Dameshek · 发表于：New England Journal of Medicine · 年份：1952 · DOI：10.1056/nejm195203272461301 · 被引用次数：55 · 研究领域：Abdominal Trauma and Injuries

THIS communication presents the results of splenectomy performed on patients with leukemia or leukosarcoma who have been followed in the Blood Clinic of the New England Medical Center during a period of approximately ten years (January 1, 1941, through December 31, 1950). It should be emphasized that removal of the spleen does not alter the fundamental malignant process; in the majority of patients with leukemia and leukosarcoma it is usually not advisable. This group of 18 patients with leukosarcoma and leukemia represents only 5 per cent of the patients subjected to splenectomy during the same ten-year period. The majority of . . .