The journal of the Japanese Practical Surgeon Society
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EFFECT OF PREOPERATIVE HIGH-DOSE INTRAVENOUS γ-GLOBULIN ADMINISTRATION ON INHIBITION OF HEMORRHAGE DURING AND AFTER CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH SEVERE APLASTIC ANEMIA
A CASE REPORT
Shinya YAMAMOTOTomoji KOHMOTOHajime KUMEGAWAKeizou CHIKAISHITakashi MAEBASatoshi TANAKA
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1992 Volume 53 Issue 3 Pages 563-566

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Preoperative intravenous administration of high-dose γ-globulin and platelet transfusion have produced a satisfactory control of operative and postoperative hemorrhage in cholecystectomy for massive intracystic bleeding of the gallbladder, in a 28-year-old male with aplastic anemia accompanied by severe thrombocytopenia (3, 000/μl) and marked prolongation of bleeding time (60 min), which has been known to be refractory to platelet transfusion. Gramma-globulin (10g/day) was administered intravenously for three preoperative days consecutively and platelet was transfused on the operative day. This resulted in an increase in the number of platelet up to 22, 000/μl and an operative loss of blood of approximately 500 ml. The postoperative course was uneventful. The mechanism of the thrombocyte-increasing observed in this case is unknown. It seems to be different from that in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, since antiplatelet antibody has not been demonstrated in this patient.

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