The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the outcomes after
angioembolization in blunt trauma patients with splenic injuries and to examine specifically …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to define the role of splenic embolization in trauma
patients and in patients presenting for treatment of thrombocytopenia and portal …

BACKGROUND During the last century, the management of blunt force trauma to the spleen
has changed from observation and expectant management in the early part of the 1900s to …

BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt splenic injury is well accepted.
Substantial failure rates in higher injury grades remain common, with one large study …

Background: Observation and splenic artery embolotherapy (SAE) are nonoperative
management (NOM) modalities for adult blunt splenic injury; however, they are quite …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management (NOM) of hemodynamically normal patients
with blunt splenic injury (BSI) is the standard of care. Guidelines recommend additional …

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate if variation in management of blunt splenic
injury (BSI) among Level I trauma centers is associated with different outcomes related to the …

Nonoperative management of solid organ injuries continues to have high success rates in
the appropriate patient population. Minimally invasive adjuncts have a definite role in …

Methods: A retrospective analysis of three continuums of practice was performed: group I
(January 1991–June 1998), SAE not part of routine NOM; group II (July 1998–December …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management is the standard of care in hemodynamically
stable patients with blunt splenic injury. However, a number of issues regarding the …