| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The spleen's rich vascularization and its intimate anatomic relations with intra-abdominal organs, along with the traction and maneuvers necessary for exposure, mean that the procedure is associated with complications in 5% to 60% of patients.7- 10 The complications are mainly secondary to pancreatic tail injury or bleeding, or are pulmonary in origin.
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