1.   He had to have his spleen removed in an emergency operation.

2.   The abdomen was opened through a bilateral subcostal or midline incision and the spleen was only removed if there was a direct indication -- for example, severe hypersplenism.

3.   DeBakey joined a team of surgeons that removed his spleen in Egypt.

4.   Doctors removed her spleen a few weeks later.

5.   Doctors tell Mary Beth that Johnny is bleeding internally, and they need to remove his spleen before sending him.

6.   Doctors had to removed the spleen, the elder Kendrick said.

7.   Forsberg started the season on a self-imposed sabbatical after offseason surgery to remove his spleen.

8.   Garland is in critical condition at the hospital, after surgery to remove his spleen.

9.   Garland was in stable condition in the intensive care unit at Bayonne Hospital Thursday after surgery to remove his spleen a day earlier.

10.   He also broke his pelvis and some ribs, suffered a lacerated liver and had his ruptured spleen removed in surgery.