## Abstract The ability of splenic tissue to regenerate when implanted in an isolated segment of small intestine with intact circulation was studied in six pigs. After total splenectomy, 10 per cent of the weight of the spleen was implanted in a 10โ15-cm long isolated segment of small intestine wit
Autotransplantation of splenic tissue in an isolated segment of small intestine
โ Scribed by R. Pabst; J. Westermann; M. H. Shokouh-Amiri; M. Bayat; S. Rahimi-Saber; S. Lindkaer Jensen; G. Kerndrup
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 273 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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โฆ Synopsis
Correspondence
and postsplenectomy sepsis recently published in this Journal'.b but refer to older papers? New insight into the complexities of splenic regeneration will be gained only by combining quantitative morphometric data with analysis of the clearance and immune function of autotransplanted splenic tissue'. This is surely the best approach to find a way to prevent postsplenectomy sepsis in patients.
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