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Comparison of late-term infections (≤ 5 years from splenectomy) by vaccination administration
| Vaccination administration | Overall #infections/total (%) |
Splenectomy only #infections/total |
Splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy #infections/total |
Trauma #infections/total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8/28 (29%) | 2/5 | 6/16 | 0/7 |
| Preoperatively | 12/26 (46%) | 9/22 | 2/3 | 1/1 |
| Post-operatively | 11/41 (27%) | 5/7 | 4/13 | 2/22 |
| Unknown | 4/11 (36%) | 1/3 | 1/2 | 2/5 |
| p value | NS | NS | NS | NS |
