11.   His spleen was removed, and his career was in jeopardy.

12.   His spleen was reportedly removed in emergency surgery and he was unconscious, his distraught wife said.

13.   In that span, he had his spleen removed, took a sabbatical and had ankle surgeries.

14.   On Tuesday, doctors were preparing to remove his spleen, according to Mary Laage, his grandmother, who lives in Robertsdale, Ala.

15.   Reid, whose spleen was removed in surgery and who also suffered damage to his liver, said Meyer then attempted to make the shooting seem justified.

16.   Remember, Forsberg underwent emergency surgery to remove his spleen during the playoffs, and he had operations on both ankles over the summer.

17.   She also endured surgery to remove her spleen, chemotherapy to cleanse her blood, constant steroids and the exhaustion of constant dehydration.

18.   She underwent dialysis, chemotherapy and had her spleen removed.

19.   Sometime the next afternoon, surgeons decided to remove the spleen in order to stabilize him.

20.   Surgeons removed his spleen that night and later said the injury came perilously close to killing Borschevsky.