Nonoperative management of traumatic splenic injuries: Is there a role for proximal splenic artery embolization?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 779-785

  Bessoud, Bertrand ^a,b   Denys, Alban ^a,b   Calmes, Jean Marie ^b   Madoff, David ^c   Qanadli, Salah ^a,b   Schnyder, Pierre ^a,b   Doenz, Francesco ^a,b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Embolization; Interventional radiology; Spleen; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN ANGIOGRAPHY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN; SPLEEN ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33645834315     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1800     Document Type: Review

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