Beta-thalassemia surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maryam Hadipour, M.D.[2]

Surgery

Surgical intervention is frequently required to guarantee optimum management of the accompanying morbidity in TI cases. Before undergoing surgical intervention, there are a few things of a more general nature that need to be taken into mind:

• Anemia
• Cardiovascular disease
• Thromboembolic events
• The consequences of iron overload

The most prevalent types of surgical complications associated with TI include:

• Splenectomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Leg ulcers
• Fractures
• Extramedullary pseudotumor

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