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Surgery is not the firstline treatment option for patients with Evans syndrome. Splenectomy is usually reserved for patients who are unresponsive to treatment. | |||
==Surgery== | ==Surgery== | ||
In more severe cases that are unresponsive to treatment, it may become necessary to remove the [[spleen]]. The spleen is the organ that is responsible for removing the [[platelets]] and RBCs from circulation in the blood once they have been marked with the [[antibodies]]. A person can live a normal life without their spleen but, but is at increased risk for certain types of [[bacterial infections]] and [[pneumonia]] though. Current knowledge refutes the effiacy of [[splenectomy]] in Evans Syndrome: especially in adults with a median success rate of 1 month. Splenectomy is not really a cure. | In more severe cases that are unresponsive to treatment, it may become necessary to remove the [[spleen]]. The spleen is the organ that is responsible for removing the [[platelets]] and RBCs from circulation in the blood once they have been marked with the [[antibodies]]. A person can live a normal life without their spleen but, but is at increased risk for certain types of [[bacterial infections]] and [[pneumonia]] though. Current knowledge refutes the effiacy of [[splenectomy]] in Evans Syndrome: especially in adults with a median success rate of 1 month. Splenectomy is not really a cure. | ||
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Overview
Surgery is not the firstline treatment option for patients with Evans syndrome. Splenectomy is usually reserved for patients who are unresponsive to treatment.
Surgery
In more severe cases that are unresponsive to treatment, it may become necessary to remove the spleen. The spleen is the organ that is responsible for removing the platelets and RBCs from circulation in the blood once they have been marked with the antibodies. A person can live a normal life without their spleen but, but is at increased risk for certain types of bacterial infections and pneumonia though. Current knowledge refutes the effiacy of splenectomy in Evans Syndrome: especially in adults with a median success rate of 1 month. Splenectomy is not really a cure.