Literature review of the role of ultrasound, computed tomography, and transcatheter arterial embolization for the treatment of traumatic splenic injuries

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1079-1087

  Van Der Vlies, Cornelis H ^a   Van Delden, Otto M ^a   Punt, Bastiaan J ^b   Ponsen, Kees J ^a   Reekers, Jim A ^a   Goslings, J Carel ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angiography and embolization; Diagnostics; Nonoperative management; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LAPAROTOMY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VACCINATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 78649325606     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: 1432086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-010-9943-6     Document Type: Review

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