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Letter
Partial splenectomy—worth the risk
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In 1993, we published the results of our first cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who had complications of liver disease and portal hypertension (PHT), and had been operated on by partial splenectomy (PS). We also presented the results of 11 patients at the Jerusalem CF meeting in 1996. Since 1982, we have operated on and followed up 21 patients (aged 8 to 22 …