Audit of splenectomy at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi.

Objective: Splenectomy is often performed in patients with heamatalogical diseases or trauma who are at high risk of complications. Our aim is to perform an audit on splenectomy in order to determine the reasons for the operation, its complication and compliance with the recent recommendations for post-splenectomy patients at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Design: It is a Descriptive study conducted in surgical ward 2 at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre from June 2003 to June 2008.