Factors Predicting Long‐term Responses to Splenctomy in Patients with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Abstract

A high platelet count on POD 7 was associated with a good response to splenectomy, but age at surgery, the time interval between diagnosis and splenectomy, and prior responses to corticosteroid were not. We suggest that long-term outcomes of splenectomy can easily be predicted by platelet counts on POD 7.