Our study showed a higher prevalence of splenectomy and
hemosiderosis in thalassemia major patients compared to
thalassemia intermedia, (P =0.91 and P =0.03), respectively.
This might be due to higher serum ferritin levels among our
TM patients when compared to TI patients. In contrast,
Smolkin et al. mentioned that serum ferritin level does not
sufficiently reflect the degree of hemosiderosis