“…Reported complications for both open and laparoscopic splenectomy include intraoperative and postoperative bleeding, incision infection, pancreatic leak, rupture of the diaphragm, subphrenic hematoma, rupture of the colon, portal or splenic vein thrombosis, splenic hematoma, postoperative fever, acute chest syndrome and pulmonary complications, particularly in SCD children 2,6,7,9,27,28 . In our study, only one case of intraoperative bleeding was converted to laparotomy (a conversion rate of 2%), and postoperative pneumonia in 31% of patients.…”