Splenectomy

Japanese: splenectomy

...The term Binch syndrome is often used as a synonym for hypersplenism.
[Splenectomy]
Removal of the spleen through surgery is called splenectomy. Splenectomy is performed for the purpose of treating conditions such as rupture of the spleen due to trauma, hypersplenism resulting in a decrease in blood cells, anemia such as hereditary spherocytosis in which the destruction of red blood cells is mainly carried out in the spleen, and thrombocytopenic purpura in which bleeding becomes more likely due to the storage and destruction of platelets in the spleen.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "splenectomy" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…しばしばバンチ症候群という言葉が脾機能亢進症の同意語として使われることがある。
［摘脾］
　手術により脾臓を取り除くことを摘脾splenectomyという。外傷による脾臓の破裂，血球減少をもたらす脾機能亢進症，遺伝性球状赤血球症などの貧血で，赤血球の破壊が主として脾臓で行われている病気，脾臓で血小板が貯蔵，破壊されるために出血しやすくなる血小板減少性紫斑病などでは治療の目的で摘脾が行われる。…

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