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A Defined Hazard?

Joseph D. Dickerman, MD

Arch Surg. 1981;116(3):361-363.

Abstract
• The problem of postsplenectomy sepsis in adults with traumatic asplenia was reviewed and discussed. Alternatives to splenectomy should be considered when feasible, and pneumococcal vaccination and prophylactic antibiotics are necessary when splenectomy is unavoidable.

(Arch Surg 1981;116:361-363)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 5, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405 (Dr Dickerman).

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