Sam Spade has been injured in a MVA. The organ in his body, situated at the upper left of his abdominal cavity, under the ribs, that is part of his lymphatic system has been ruptured and he is bleeding internally. Sam needs a surgical procedure known as a

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The organ located in the upper left of the abdominal cavity, under the ribs, that is part of the lymphatic system is the spleen. If Sam's spleen has been ruptured due to the MVA, he would be bleeding internally and require a splenectomy, which is a surgical procedure to remove the spleen. A sequestrectomy is a surgical procedure to remove dead bone tissue, a sialoadenectomy is the removal of a salivary gland, and a sigmoidoscopy is a diagnostic procedure to examine the sigmoid colon.

Sam Spade Has Been Injured in a MVA