2023
Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries
Presser E, Sznol J, Schuster K. Management and Outcome of High-Grade Hepatic and Splenic Injuries. Current Surgery Reports 2023, 11: 55-63. DOI: 10.1007/s40137-023-00344-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSplenic injuryOperative interventionUnstable patientsTrauma grade IVHigh-grade injuriesModality of choiceTransient respondersActive bleedingGrade injuriesSerial examsStable patientsSignificant morbidityPermissive hypotensionEndovascular interventionPrehospital interventionsRadiological studiesTrauma bayBlood productsGrade IVPatientsSecondary surveyInjuryExact indicationsClass IIIActive signs
2012
Nonoperative management of blunt hepatic injury
Stassen NA, Bhullar I, Cheng JD, Crandall M, Friese R, Guillamondegui O, Jawa R, Maung A, Rohs TJ, Sangosanya A, Schuster K, Seamon M, Tchorz KM, Zarzuar BL, Kerwin A. Nonoperative management of blunt hepatic injury. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 2012, 73: s288-s293. PMID: 23114483, DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e318270160d.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlunt hepatic injuryNonoperative managementPractice management guidelinesHepatic injuryOperative interventionClinical statusEastern AssociationManagement guidelinesEmergent operative interventionHealth MEDLINE databaseSerial clinical evaluationsBlunt abdominal traumaGrade of injuryPatient's clinical statusEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographySelective nonoperative managementSurgery of TraumaEnglish-language citationsAbdominal traumaExpectant managementHemodynamic instabilityTrauma guidelinesAdjunctive therapyPatient ageStable patients