“…The prognosis was better in association with the former, and postoperative thrombosis was frequent in association with the latter. Evans 13S reported confirmatory results, while Graham Bryce 139 and Rousselot8S did not find a correlation between the initial platelet count and the postoperative course. Moore,140 Englebreth-Holm, and Smith and Farber 141 likewise reported cases which seemed to refute Rosenthal's hypothesis.…”