The effects of splenic artery embolization on nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury: A 16-year experience

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 565-571

  Sabe, Ashraf A ^a   Claridge, Jeffrey A ^a   Rosenblum, David I ^a   Lie, Kevin ^a   Malangoni, Mark A ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt spleen injury; Splenic artery embolization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENORRHAPHY; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 70449120568     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b17010     Document Type: Article

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