Improved Success in Nonoperative Management of Blunt Splenic Injuries
Davis K, Fabian T, Croce M, Gavant M, Flick P, Minard G, Kudsk K, Pritchard F. Improved Success in Nonoperative Management of Blunt Splenic Injuries. Journal Of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery 1998, 44: 1008-1015.. PMID: 9637156, DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199806000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjury Severity ScoreSplenic injury gradeBlunt splenic injuryBlunt splenic traumaNonoperative managementSplenic artery pseudoaneurysmTomographic scanSplenic injuryArtery pseudoaneurysmSplenic traumaTrauma splenic injury gradeFollow-up computed tomographyEvidence of pseudoaneurysmNonoperative failure rateSuccessful nonoperative managementPredictors of failureOutcome of managementContrast blushEmbolization attemptsHemodynamic instabilityInjury gradeConsecutive patientsUrgent operationVascular blushMean age