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Atraumatic Indications for Splenectomy

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Indications for splenectomy for atraumatic reasons can be divided into several categories, including benign, malignant, and others. This chapter will describe atraumatic indications for splenectomy and provide an algorithmic approach.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Maria S. Altieri

  2. Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Andrew T. Bates

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Salvatore Docimo Jr.

  2. Department of Surgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA

    Eric M. Pauli

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Altieri, M.S., Bates, A.T. (2019). Atraumatic Indications for Splenectomy. In: Docimo Jr., S., Pauli, E. (eds) Clinical Algorithms in General Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98497-1_102

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