Abstract:Due to associated diseases, the function of the spleen may be modified, in turn causing certain
complications, such as anaemia, altered coagulation, malnutrition and organ failure. Preoperative
management of patients must take these two possibilities into account. In non-traumatic splenectomies, blood
samples are necessary to screen for thrombophilia: antithrombin III deficiency, protein C deficiency, protein
S deficiency and dysplasminogenemia. Complete blood count, AST, ALT, serum amylase, C-reactive
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