Chemotherapy usually works well at reducing the size of the spleen. But rarely, some people need an operation to remove their spleen (splenectomy). The spleen's normal job is to filter the blood and ...

When someone is told they need surgery, one of the first questions that often comes to mind is How painful will it be, and how long will it take to recover? Modern medicine has advanced so much that ...

The Department of Paediatric Surgery at Gandhi Hospital has successfully performed paediatric laparoscopic splenectomy, a keyhole surgery to remove the spleen, on a seven-year-old boy hailing from ...

The spleen is a small organ at the top of the abdomen. It filters the blood and helps defend the body against pathogens. In this article, we will explain its anatomy, what it does, and what happens ...