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There is international agreement which confirms the serious risks to splenectomized patients because of overwhelming postsplenectomy infections (OPSI) and other serious infections. By analysis of reports of individual cases (Appelbaum et al. 1979; Grinblat and Gilboa 1975; King and Shumacker 1952; Orlando and Moore 1972; Passl et al. 1976; Stögmann and Paky 1980; Tan 1982) and of collections of larger numbers (50–500) of patients (Belohradsky et al. 1982; Ein et al. 1977; Ellis and Smith 1966; Eraklis et al. 1967; Holschneider et al. 1982; Wählby and Domellöf 1981; Wählby 1981; Wegelius 1982) and from a few publications, which collected figure of more than 500 patients (Eraklis and Filler 1972; Erickson et al. 1968; Köglmeier 1982; Walker 1976), it is recognized that there is an extremely high risk of fatal infection following splenectomy.
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Konigswieser, H. et al. (1985). Incidence of Serious Infections After Splenectomy in Childhood. In: Wurnig, P., Klos, I. (eds) Gastro-esophageal Reflux in Childhood Problems of Splenic Surgery in Childhood. Progress in Pediatric Surgery, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70276-1_24
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