Splenectomy

Splenectomy is widely used in diseases such as congestive splenomegaly caused by spleen rupture, migratory spleen (ectopic spleen), local spleen infection or tumor, cyst, intrahepatic portal hypertension with hypersplenism. The spleen is the largest peripheral lymphoid organ in the human body. It can produce a variety of immune-active cytokines. It is the main organ for the body's blood storage, hematopoietic, hemofiltration, and blood destruction. It has important immune regulation, anti-infection, anti-tumor, endocrine and production. The role of properdin and phagocytosis. Based on the current understanding of spleen function and the consequences of increased susceptibility of patients to infection after spleen resection, it is now the consensus of surgeons around the world to perform spleen-preserving surgery as far as conditions and diseases allow. That is "to save lives first, to keep the spleen second, and the younger the better the spleen."

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