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Shame that the article doesn't mention how we know so much about long term survival rates of people with no spleen. IIRC During the Second World War (aka WWII)
by pacaro 10y ago
Shame that the article doesn't mention how we know so much about long term survival rates of people with no spleen. IIRC During the Second World War (aka WWII) large numbers of injured soldiers had their spleens removed in passing, this gave a large population to follow
- mikeash 10y agoDoes "in passing" mean they got removed unnecessarily, just because they were already being operated on, or is it something else?