Indications and contraindications

INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS

Indications

Partial splenectomy

  • Traumatic lesions
  • Splenic infarcts
  • Focal lesions   
  • Total Splenectomy 
  • Splenic neoplasia

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Spleen tumour

  • Splenic torsion
  • Severe trauma
  • Unsuccessful therapy for immune mediated haematological disorder
  • Elective Splenectomy is often performed in dogs used as donors to reduce the risk to transfer blood protozoa to uninfected animal during transfusion

Contraindication

  • Patients with bone marrow hypoplasia where spleen is main site of haemopoises
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