Spleen injuries are among the most frequent trauma-related injuries. At present, they are
classified according to the anatomy of the injury. The optimal treatment strategy, however …

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 Severe traumatic injury continues to present challenges to healthcare systems
around the world, and post-traumatic bleeding remains a leading cause of potentially …

Background Severe trauma continues to represent a global public health issue and mortality
and morbidity in trauma patients remains substantial. A number of initiatives have aimed to …

Importance Splenic arterial embolization (SAE) improves the rate of spleen rescue, yet the
advantage of prophylactic SAE (pSAE) compared with surveillance and then embolization …

BACKGROUND Delayed splenic hemorrhage after nonoperative management (NOM) of
blunt splenic injury (BSI) is a feared complication, particularly in the outpatient setting …

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

BACKGROUND Management of children with intra-abdominal solid organ injuries has
evolved markedly. We describe the current management of children with intra-abdominal …

Many patients with blunt splenic injury are considered for nonoperative management and,
with proper selection, the success rate is high. This paper aims to provide an update on the …

Background Splenic artery embolization (SAE) has been an effective adjunct to the Non-
operative management (NOM) for blunt splenic injury (BSI). However, the optimal …