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Q: What is the procedure called when the spleen is removed?
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Can a slpeen be removed and a person still live?

It can, but the person would have to have regular medical checks. The spleen usually is removed because it has ruptured, and it is a life saving procedure. If the spleen is removed due to the above its functions can be taken over by the liver and the red bone marrow so blood can still be stored and filtered.


When is the spleen removed during a pancreatectomy?

If the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the spleen is also removed.


What is removed in a splenectomy?

The spleen.


Can you join the military with your spleen removed?

Yes you can


What procedure removes a blood clot?

The procedure were a blood clot is removed from a vein is called an embolectomy.


Could the Heimlich procedure cause the spleen to rupture?

the Answer is yes pressure on your diaphragm can cause you spleen to rupture


Spleen can be called as?

spleen can be called as the graveyard of the RBC because the RBC undergo disintegration in the spleen


Can you play football without a spleen?

Yes, you can. It seems alright to continue any sport with the spleen removed. The prime researched impediments of a removed spleen seem to be the predispostion to heart disease and things like pneumonia, etc.


Where in the body is the largest single collection of lymphoid tissue?

That is called as Spleen.


If the spleen is removed what organ compenstae for its function?

the liver


What is the procedure in which layers of growth are removed and examined microscopically called?

Mohs surgery


What is a panniculectomy?

If a large area of excess tissue is removed, the procedure is called a panniculectomy