Splenectomy is associated with hypercoagulable thrombelastography values and increased risk of thromboembolism.
Pommerening MJ, Rahbar E, Minei K, Holcomb JB, Wade CE, Schreiber MA, Cohen MJ, Underwood SJ, Nelson M, Cotton BA. Splenectomy is associated with hypercoagulable thrombelastography values and increased risk of thromboembolism. Surgery. 2015 Sep; 158(3):618-26.