Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Primary Immune Thrombocytopenia: Clinical Outcome and Prognostic Factors

Abstract Background: Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is considered the standard treatment for patients with refractory primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Patients and Methods: All patients with ITP who underwent LS during the last 17 years and who had a minimum follow-up of 1 year were included. Several perioperative variables such as age, platelet count, and duration of preoperative therapy were recorded and analyzed, looking for potential predictive variables of clinical response. Results: In total, 150 patients were included: 108 (72%) women and 42 (28%) men, with a mean age of 37.3±15.8 years. In the evaluation 1 year after surgery, 133 (88.7%) patients had achieved complete response, 4 (2.7%) had a response, and in 13 (8.6%) there was no response. None of the analyzed preoperative variables was identified as a predictive factor of response at 1 year. Immediate responders after surgery (≥150,000 platelets/mL during the first week) had a higher platelet count and rate of complete response at 1 year (...

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