"Splenectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Surgical procedure involving either partial or entire removal of the spleen.
| Descriptor ID |
D013156
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.726
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Splenectomy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Splenectomy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Splenectomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Splenectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Splenectomy" by people in Profiles.
-
Management of Splenic Vascular Anomalies: A Review of 17 Pediatric Cases at a Single Institution. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 May; 60(5):162254.
-
Splenic complications in pediatric sickle cell disease: A retrospective cohort review. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Oct; 71(10):e31219.
-
Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Patients on Hydroxyurea Have Higher Rates of Surgical Splenectomy. J Surg Res. 2023 Mar; 283:798-805.
-
Serial CT for Nonoperatively Managed Splenic Injuries. Am Surg. 2022 Jul; 88(7):1504-1509.
-
Predicting the Outcome of Non-operative Management of Splenic Trauma in South Africa. World J Surg. 2020 05; 44(5):1485-1491.
-
Is incidental splenectomy during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair associated with reduced survival? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Sep; 160(3):641-652.e2.
-
Vaccination and splenectomy in Olmsted County. Surgery. 2019 10; 166(4):556-563.
-
Clinical and laboratory outcomes following total or partial splenectomy in patients with hereditary spherocytosis. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019 Sep; 36(6):382-389.
-
Outcomes after splenectomy in children: a 48-year population-based study. Pediatr Surg Int. 2019 May; 35(5):575-582.
-
Can time to healing in pediatric blunt splenic injury be predicted? Pediatr Surg Int. 2018 Nov; 34(11):1195-1200.