Tuftsin, one of the proposed parameters of splenic function, was utilized as a monitor of splenic immunologic activity in a patient who underwent splenectomy and autologus spleen implantation at ...

BACKGROUND: This study assessed preoperative splenic artery embolization before laparoscopic splenectomy. METHODS: Preoperative splenic artery embolization was used in 26 of 54 patients (48% ...

When the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the adjacent spleen is often removed. After removal of the end of the pancreas, the remaining portion of the organ functions normally by producing ...