Do you recommend starting an antiplatelet for primary prophylaxis in post splenectomy thrombocytosis given there is some increased risk of venous thrombosis?
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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University
I do not recommend routinely initiating prophylactic antiplatelet therapy for post splenectomy thrombocytosis. First, in patients without a myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN), the increase in platelet number post splenectomy is both delayed and mild, and there is no correlation between reactive throm...