Table 2.

Disease and injury distribution

Indication for non-trauma splenectomy

Grade of splenic Injury

Splenectomy only (n = 37):   Splenomegaly/hypersplenism: 13 (18%)   Immune thrombocytopenic purpura: 12 (17%)   Splenic vein thrombosis: 2 (3%)   Splenic abscess: 2 (3%)   Splenic infarction: 2(3%)   Acute aortic dissection (splenic ischemia): 1 (1%)   Autoimmune hemolytic anemia: 1 (1%)   Splenic lymphoma: 2 (1%)   Splenic artery aneurysm: 1 (1%) Spontaneous bleeding due to cirrhosis: 1% (1%) Splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy (n = 34):   Pancreatic neoplasm/mass: 28 (39%)   Chronic pancreatitis: 5 (7%)   Acute necrotizing pancreatitis: 1 (1%)

I: 2 (6%) II: 5 (14%) III: 7 (20%) IV: 9 (28%) V: 12 (34%)