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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Homa Najafi, M.D.
Overview
Surgical intervention is not recommended for the management of [disease name].
OR
Surgery is not the first-line treatment option for patients with [disease name]. Surgery is usually reserved for patients with either [indication 1], [indication 2], and [indication 3]
OR
The mainstay of treatment for C is medical therapy. Surgery is usually
Both splenic irradiation and splenectomy have been
used since 1979 for the palliation of symptomatic splenomegaly
in CNL;7 and interestingly, in fact, the index
case reported by Tuohy was treated with splenectomy1.
However, due to reports of worsening neutrophilia postoperatively,
splenectomy cannot be recommended as part
of the treatment approach for CNL1,10.
Surgery
- Splenectomy is used as a palliative treatment in patients of CNL with splenomegaly.[1] Although, because of neutrophilia was became worse in some reports, it's not recommended anymore.[2]
Contraindications
References
- ↑ W. You & I. M. Weisbrot (1979). "Chronic neutrophilic leukemia. Report of two cases and review of the literature". American journal of clinical pathology. 72 (2): 233–242. PMID 289288. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Hasle, Henrik; Olesen, Gitte; Kerndrup, GITTE; Philip, Preben; Jacobsen, Niels (1996). "Chronic neutrophil leukaemia in adolescence and young adulthood". British Journal of Haematology. 94 (4): 628–630. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.7082329.x. ISSN 0007-1048.