Splenectomy in childhood: a review of 1413 cases.

Age Factors Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital/mortality Blood Coagulation Disorders/etiology Child Child, Preschool Electronic Data Processing Female Follow-Up Studies Hematologic Diseases/surgery Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Infections/epidemiology,mortality Male Methods Spleen/abnormalities Splenectomy/adverse effects,mortality Thalassemia/mortality Thrombocytopenia/mortality United States