Assertion: splenectomy | /r/HasProperty | surgery
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text: If your body isn’t responsive to medication, your doctor might recommend a splenectomy, which is a surgery to remove your spleen (which is mainly what creates the antibodies that attack platelets), the NHLBI explains.
text: Splenectomy is also known as spleen removal and is a surgery that is required if there is damage or tumors located in the area.
text: Splenectomy is a surgery that is dictated by a number of conditions including:
text: When multiple cysts or cancer cells are found, then a patient might require a splenectomy, which is a surgery to have the entire spleen removed from the body.
text: A splenectomy is surgery to remove the entire spleen, a delicate, fist-sized organ that sits under the left rib cage near the stomach.
text: A splenectomy (say "splih-NEK-tuh-mee") is surgery to take out the spleen.