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A member asked:

What is the recovery time and what can/ can't i do after surgery to repair lvl 4 spleenic injury. still quite a bit of pain?

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Major surgery: It will be a few weeks before you are back in the game. You had a significant injury with major surgery this will take a few weeks to get better. Exact times are hard to say because we do not know the other circumstances around your event, ask your surgeon.

Answered 6/30/2017

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