Association of Preoperative Clinical, Laboratory, Imaging, and Pathologic Data With Clinically Beneficial Pathology Among Routine Splenectomy Specimens.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous studies have shown that uniform pathologic review of all splenectomy surgical specimens reveals new clinically actionable diagnoses only in a minority of cases.

Objective

To examine whether the aggregate of clinical, laboratory, imaging, and pathologic preoperative data is associated with a clinically beneficial pathologic study for routine splenectomy surgical specimens.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center retrospective cohort study included all patients who underwent splenectomy from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2018, at a single center. Clinical, imaging, and pathologic data were extracted from the institution's electronic medical records system. Data analysis was conducted from June to November 2020.

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SUBMITTER: Erez L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8369355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature