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]
Overview
The most prevalent types of surgical complications associated with TI include splenectomy, cholecystectomy, leg ulcers, fractures, and extramedullary pseudotumor.
Surgery
Surgical intervention is frequently required to guarantee optimum management of the accompanying morbidity in beta-thalassemia 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 beta-thalassemia include:
References
- ↑ Saad GS, Musallam KM, Taher AT (June 2011). "The surgeon and the patient with β-thalassaemia intermedia". Br J Surg. 98 (6): 751–60. doi:10.1002/bjs.7533. PMID 21480198.
- ↑ Ali S, Mumtaz S, Shakir HA, Khan M, Tahir HM, Mumtaz S, Mughal TA, Hassan A, Kazmi S, Sadia, Irfan M, Khan MA (December 2021). "Current status of beta-thalassemia and its treatment strategies". Mol Genet Genomic Med. 9 (12): e1788. doi:10.1002/mgg3.1788. PMC 8683628 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 34738740 Check|pmid=value (help). Vancouver style error: initials (help) - ↑ Khandros E, Kwiatkowski JL (June 2019). "Beta Thalassemia: Monitoring and New Treatment Approaches". Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 33 (3): 339–353. doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2019.01.003. PMID 31030806.