For low/intermediate essential thrombocythemia not on cytoreduction, would you temporarily cytoreduce in anticipation of surgery?

Do you have a preferred perioperative platelet count goal?

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For ET patients not on cytoreduction, what platelet count do you cytoreduce to if planned for surgery?

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Hematology · Johns Hopkins University

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First, I am going to answer this question with a question. What is low/intermediate essential thrombocytosis (ET)? I ask this question because we are living in the 21st century in the midst of the genomic era, and it is far past the time that we should be dwelling on phenotype instead of employing p...

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