Junji Ueda, Yasuhiro Mamada, Nobuhiko Taniai, Masato Yoshioka, Akira Matsushita, Satoshi Mizutani, Youichi Kawano, Tetsuya Shimizu, Tomohiro Kanda, Hideyuki Takata, Hiroyasu Furuki, Yuto Aoki, Manpei Kawashima, Toshiyuki Irie, Takashi Ohno, Takahiro Haruna, Hiroshi Yoshida
OBJECTIVE: The spleen is part of the lymphatic system and is one of the least understood organs of the human body. It is involved in the production of blood cells and helps filter the blood, remove old blood cells, and fight infection. Partial splenic artery embolization (PSE) is widely used to treat pancytopenia and portal hypertension. The efficacy of PSE for improving thrombocytopenia has been well demonstrated. In this study, we evaluated the splenic infarction ratio and platelet increase ratio after PSE...
August 2023: Journal of International Medical Research