Spleen Removal Surgery Laparoscopic Splenectomy PreOp® Patient Education

- NEW facebook page - it’s cool! Patient Education Company Your doctor has recommended that you undergo a Splenectomy - or spleen removal surgery. But what does that actually mean? The spleen is one of the organs in your body that works to clean your blood. The Spleen is located behind the stomach... and to the left of the liver. Specifically, the spleen picks out and destroys red blood cells that are no longer useful. A Splenectomy is the surgical procedure used