How long can you survive with a ruptured spleen?

Age and degree: The youngest patient's have the best shot at keeping their spleen without bleeding to death. The degree of rupture will determine how much blood is lost internally. If a patient can be stabilized without an excess of transfusions, splenectomy may not be needed. Other risk factors, i.e. The general health of the patient will also play a role. No pat answer...

Medical Care Needed: The spleen is a very vascular organ and, though well protected by the rib cage, is susceptible to blunt trauma. Minor injuries may usually be managed by "watchful waiting", but rupture can lead to life-threatening bleeding. In the past, this meant splenectomy. Nowadays, we can often stop the bleeding nonsurgically by internally closing off the bleeding vessels via interventional radiology.