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==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of polycythemia vera in case of [[splenomegaly]]. | Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of polycythemia vera in case of [[splenomegaly]]. | ||
<ref name="pmid25327078">{{cite journal| author=Inamdar S, Sangle S, Bote NN, Nagargoje N| title=Splenic infarction in polycythaemia vera: can the spleen be saved? | journal=J Assoc Physicians India | year= 2014 | volume= 62 | issue= 3 | pages= 276-8 | pmid=25327078 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25327078 }} | <ref name="pmid25327078">{{cite journal| author=Inamdar S, Sangle S, Bote NN, Nagargoje N| title=Splenic infarction in polycythaemia vera: can the spleen be saved? | journal=J Assoc Physicians India | year= 2014 | volume= 62 | issue= 3 | pages= 276-8 | pmid=25327078 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25327078 }} There is no other role for surgery in the treatment of this disease. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Surgical intervention is a consideration in the management of polycythemia vera in case of splenomegaly, though surgery is not typically done.
Surgery
Surgical intervention is recommended for the management of polycythemia vera in case of splenomegaly. <ref name="pmid25327078">Inamdar S, Sangle S, Bote NN, Nagargoje N (2014). "Splenic infarction in polycythaemia vera: can the spleen be saved?". J Assoc Physicians India. 62 (3): 276–8. PMID 25327078. There is no other role for surgery in the treatment of this disease.