Giant spleen splenectomy

[tommydougherty31]

I had my spleen out 13 years ago when I was 16 due to trauma (fell on a handrail while skateboarding). I wanted to see the surgery that left a 12" scar on my stomach. So, we meet again, Splenectomy (turns around slowly in chair like a Bond villain).

[Rouge256]

My spleen was removed and after the surgery i found myself misarable, In constant pain, no appetite, and on oxygen, Is this normal?

[MrsCullenAckles]

my spleen is enlarged, but not that big, i'm really scared now though because after a full year of regular and far fetched tests they cant find out what's causing it :/

[sebitamichato]

MEEEEEEEDICK!!!

[jgarcouda]

well all I got the cycs removed and I feel great. It was 9inches circumfrence and wieghed 3lbs. My Dr took pics of this thing and gave me a copy..

[jgarcouda]

My spleen is this size now with a 12cm cyst inside it!!! My surgery is on June 13th 2011. What are my chances surviving a surgery like this? Will they play the same scary music when they operate?? WOW

[sarabro]

where the surgery is done? In which country? I am in denmark and since December 2010 they are not able to put a diagnostic regarding the pain i have.... i am nurse and i told them to check up the spleen,pancreas and colon, but they keep stucking themselfves on my kidneys....denmark sucks in medical sistem and if u plan to die just come here...please anyone let me know hwere i can have a check up properly....

[saalanc]

Mine is coming out in a few weeks and it's 35 cm. I have a bone marrow disorder that causes it to grow out of control. How did the patient do?

[BTR88tuxedoblack]

@saalanc God Bless you, I hope it went well. I have an enlarged spleen from Auto-Immune Cirrhosis (Celiacs), how are you feeling?

[imalittlechicky]

the beating thing is te heart?

[Carrel52]

@imalittlechicky

Yes.

[pogo108]

@imalittlechicky If you're talking about the beating thing at 2:57, no it's not. It's the end of the left lung moving to the beat of the heart. I'm not sure i've seen the heart in the video by the way.

[stefiets]

asking this means you know you are alive.

[carlyroxlol5]

Who's ever that was, they didn't take care of themselves very well.

[Dr90210h]

Absolutely incredible case!!

[Dr90210h]

Absolutely Incredible!

[HeroesJukebox]

My Spleen was 21cm By 11cm when it was taken out

[kwhite50317]

epic music

[hadeskim25]

maybe.. the enlargement of spleen is because of the RBC destruction.. the destructed RBC is being stored in the spleen.. so if there is a continuous destruction of RBC (Hemolytic desease) the spleen become large

[raspberrysprinkles64]

my spleen was about 30 cm and 2.5 kg

[kwhite50317]

@raspberrysprinkles64 how do you know that? O_o

[Chantelle4BillieJoe]

@raspberrysprinkles64 yeah so is mine, having it removed in 2 weeks. they said mine is the size of a baby

[AndreasDahl87]

dang that's a massive spleen =S

[nirvanoua]

how big was this spleen, do you know? mine was 20cm long and 2kg heavy and im just curious cuz i never got to see it.

[Reqrezentin]

Mine was around 20cm too.

[Avans43]

@nirvanoua

length 12 cm

width 7 cm

weight 150g

[heruursciences]

OMG that spleen was about half the size of the liver!!! What caused it?

[ZorzVascSurg]

An hematologic disease

[Reqrezentin]

Mine was caused by a rare blood disorder called ITP where you basically don't have any blood cells and the spleens it's it up as it does with all the other good cells.

[ZorzVascSurg]

It grows up in many time, so the abdominal compliance makes it possible

[shinigamiruka]

can't you feel it if it becomes so large? I just can't imagine how that could be inside someone....

[Reqrezentin]

You do feel it.. Quite uncomfortable because sometimes you can't breath well and you can feel it outside your ribs.

[GaelleKh]

AWESOME! : O

[erlover100]

is that a human or animal

[ZorzVascSurg]

It's a young man

[erlover100]

Yikes. That's major Splenomegaly! Did he live?

[Carrel52]

of course!

[erlover100]

Did he have a blood disorder?

[Carrel52]

Oh yeah, sure!!!

[imalittlechicky]

@ZorzVascSurg I feel very sorry for him

[Reqrezentin]

I hope that wasn't me? I had mine removed, it was 20cm and a few days about to rupture.

[elgranto7]

wow, was his ribcage deformed?

[ZorzVascSurg]

Absolutely not. The spleen grows up compressing the abdominal content.

[ZorzVascSurg]

He can eat better now!

[grezling]

Thats huge! That person probably couldn't eat much at all.

[francois0612]

ohh spleen...

-red