The real risk of splenectomy after discharge home following nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1531-1536

  Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Vashi, Satyam ^a   Magnotti, Louis J ^a   Croce, Martin A ^a   Fabian, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt spleen injury; Delayed rupture; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749109987     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a4ed11     Document Type: Article

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