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Surgery is not used for treatment of sickle cell disease. | Surgery is generally not used for treatment of sickle cell disease. However, elective splenectomy can be performed after the first episode of a splenic sequestration crisis.<ref name="pmid22924029">{{cite journal| author=Ballas SK, Kesen MR, Goldberg MF, Lutty GA, Dampier C, Osunkwo I et al.| title=Beyond the definitions of the phenotypic complications of sickle cell disease: an update on management. | journal=ScientificWorldJournal | year= 2012 | volume= 2012 | issue= | pages= 949535 | pmid=22924029 | doi=10.1100/2012/949535 | pmc=3415156 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22924029 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shyam Patel [2]
Overview
There is generally no role for surgery in the management of sickle cell disease.
Surgery
Surgery is generally not used for treatment of sickle cell disease. However, elective splenectomy can be performed after the first episode of a splenic sequestration crisis.[1]
References
- ↑ Ballas SK, Kesen MR, Goldberg MF, Lutty GA, Dampier C, Osunkwo I; et al. (2012). "Beyond the definitions of the phenotypic complications of sickle cell disease: an update on management". ScientificWorldJournal. 2012: 949535. doi:10.1100/2012/949535. PMC 3415156. PMID 22924029.