Trauma surgeons practice what they preach: The NTDB story on solid organ injury management

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-254

  Hurtuk, Michael ^a   Reed II, R Lawrence ^a   Esposito, Thomas J ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Luchette, Fred A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Nonoperative management; Spleen; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KIDNEY INJURY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN INJURY; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGEON; TRAUMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33747590352     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000231353.06095.8d     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Boyd CR, Tolson MA, Copes WS. Evaluating trauma care: the TRISS method. Trauma Score and the Injury Severity Score. J Trauma. 1987;27:370-378.
2. King H, Shumacker HB Jr. Splenic studies. I. Susceptibility to infection after splenectomy performed in infancy. Ann Surg. 1952;136:239-242.
3. Singer DB. Postsplenectomy sepsis. Perspect Pediatr Pathol. 1973;1:285-311.
4. Morrell DG, Chang FC, Helmer SD. Changing trends in the management of splenic injury. Am J Surg. 1995;170:686-689.
5. Hansen K, Singer DB. Asplenic-hyposplenic overwhelming sepsis: postsplenectomy sepsis revisited. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2001;4:105-121.
6. King DR, Lobe TE, Haase GM, Boles ET Jr. Selective management of injured spleen. Surgery. 1981;90:677-682.
7. Kakkasseril JS, Stewart D, Cox JA, Gelfand M. Changing treatment of pediatric splenic trauma. Arch Surg. 1982;117:758-759.
8. Wesson DE, Filler RM, Ein SH, Shandling B, Simpson JS, Stephens CA. Ruptured spleen: when to operate? J Pediatr Surg. 1981;16:324-326.
9. Pearl RH, Wesson DE, Spence LJ, et al. Splenic injury: a 5-year update with improved results and changing criteria for conservative management. J Pediatr Surg. 1989;24:428-431.
10. Velanovich V, Tapper D. Decision analysis in children with blunt splenic trauma: the effects of observation, splenorrhaphy, or splenectomy on quality-adjusted life expectancy. J Pediatr Surg. 1993;28:179-185.
11. Morse MA, Garcia VF. Selective nonoperative management of pediatric blunt splenic trauma: risk for missed associated injuries. J Pediatr Surg. 1994;29:23-27.
12. Pranikoff T, Hirschl RB, Schlesinger AE, Polley TZ, Coran AG. Resolution of splenic injury after nonoperative management. J Pediatr Surg. 1994;29:1366-1369.
13. Haller JA Jr, Papa P, Drugas G, Colombani P. Nonoperative management of solid organ injuries in children. Is it safe? Ann Surg. 1994;219:625-628.
14. Schwartz MZ, Kangah R. Splenic injury in children after blunt trauma: blood transfusion requirements and length of hospitalization for laparotomy versus observation. J Pediatr Surg. 1994;29:596-598.
15. Hebeler RF, Ward RE, Miller PW, Ben-Menachem Y. The management of splenic injury. J Trauma. 1982;22:492-495.
16. Delius RE, Frankel W, Coran AG. A comparison between operative and nonoperative management of blunt injuries to the liver and spleen in adult and pediatric patients. Surgery. 1989;106:788-792.
17. Lynch JM, Ford H, Gardner MJ, Weiner ES. Is early discharge following isolated splenic injury in the hemodynamically stable child possible? J Pediatr Surg. 1993;28:1403-1406.
18. Cosentino CM, Luck SR, Barthel MJ, Reynolds M, Raffensperger JG. Transfusion requirements in conservative nonoperative management of blunt splenic and hepatic injuries during childhood. J Pediatr Surg. 1990;25:950-953.
19. Cywes S, Rode H, Millar AJ. Blunt liver trauma in children: nonoperative management. J Pediatr Surg. 1985;20:14-18.
20. Coburn MC, Pfeifer J, DeLuca FG. Nonoperative management of splenic and hepatic trauma in the multiply injured pediatric and adolescent patient. Arch Surg. 1995;130:332-338.
21. Bond SJ, Eichelberger MR, Gotschall CS, Sivit CJ, Randolph JG. Nonoperative management of blunt hepatic and splenic injury in children. Ann Surg. 1996;223:286-289.
22. Keller MS, Sartorelli KH, Vane DW. Associated head injury should not prevent nonoperative management of spleen or liver injury in children. J Trauma. 1996;41:471-475.
23. Longo WE, Baker CC, McMillen MA, Modlin IM, Degutis LC, Zucker KA. Nonoperative management of adult blunt splenic trauma. Criteria for successful outcome. Ann Surg. 1989;210:626-629.
24. Elmore JR, Clark DE, Isler RJ, Horner WR. Selective nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma in adults. Arch Surg. 1989;124:581-585.
25. Pachter HL, Spencer FC, Hofstetter SR, Liang HG, Hoballah J, Coppa GF. Experience with selective operative and nonoperative treatment of splenic injuries in 193 patients. Ann Surg. 1990;211:583-589.
26. Koury HI, Peschiera JL, Welling RE. Non-operative management of blunt splenic trauma: a 10-year experience. Injury. 1991;22:349-352.
27. Stephen WJ Jr, Roy PD, Smith PM, Stephen WJ Sr. Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma in adults. Can J Surg. 1991;34:27-29.
28. Knudson MM, Lim RC Jr, Oakes DD, Jeffrey RB Jr. Nonoperative management of blunt liver injuries in adults: the need for continued surveillance. J Trauma. 1990;30:1494-1500.
29. Al-Mulhim AS, Mohammad HA. Non-operative management of blunt hepatic injury in multiply injured adult patients. Surgeon. 2003;1:81-85.
30. Moore EE, Shackford SR, Pachter HL, et al. Organ injury scaling: spleen, liver, and kidney. J Trauma. 1989;29:1664-1666.
31. Moore EE, Cogbill TH, Jurkovich GJ, Shackford SR, Malangoni MA, Champion HR. Organ injury scaling: spleen and liver (1994 revision). J Trauma. 1995;38:323-324.
32. Watson GA, Rosengart MR, Zenati MS, et al. Nonoperative management of severe blunt splenic injury: are we getting better? J Trauma. 2005;59:532.
33. Peitzman AB, Heil B, Rivera L, et al. Blunt splenic injury in adults: multi-institutional study of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma. 2000;49:177-187.
34. Richardson JD. Changes in the management of injuries to the liver and spleen. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;200:648-669.