Considering that about 50% of splenic masses are malignant tumors with a very high likelihood of rupture and metastasis, the very best odds you are looking at are 50-50. Add to that risk the fact that even benign splenic masses can rupture resulting in fatal intra-abdominal hemorrhage and your odds probably drop to less than 1 in 4. The only reasons a dog is “too old for surgery” are medical—(the dog has another condition that will result in death within a very short period of time or serious organ failure that makes anesthesia tremendously risky), and economic—(you personally can’t justify the expense because you ascribe a monetary value to the dog based on how much more time you have). Splenectomy is 100% curative in the case of benign masses and stands a chance of being curative if it’s a solitary malignant mass that has not spread.
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