A survey of american association for the surgery of trauma member practices in the management of blunt splenic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1026-1031

  Zarzaur, Ben L ^a   Kozar, Rosemary A ^b   Fabian, Timothy C ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Spleen angiography; Spleen embolization; Spleen injury; Spleen injury management; Spleen outpatient management

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOEMBOLIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLUNT SPLENIC INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPLEEN INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 79955777835     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318217080c     Document Type: Review

References (18)

1. WISQARS [database online]. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control National Center For Injury Prevention and Control. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/. Accessed August 1, 2008.
2. 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;49:177-189.
3. Cogbill TH, Moore EE, Jurkovich GJ, et al. Nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma: a multicenter experience. J Trauma. 1989;29: 1312-1317. (Pubitemid 19283246)
4. Alonso M, Brathwaite C, Garcia V, et al. Practice management guidelines for the nonoperative management of blunt liver and spleen. J Trauma. 1997;43:820-824. [database online]. Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Available at: http://www.east.org/tpg/livspleen.pdf. Accessed July 1, 2010.
5. Sclafani SJ, Shaftan GW, Scalen TM, et al. Nonoperative salvage of computed tomography-diagnosed splenic injuries: utilization of angiography for triage and embolization for hemostasis. J Trauma. 1995;39: 818-825; discussion 825-827.
6. Haan J, Scott J, Boyd-Kranis RL, Ho S, Kramer M, Scalea TM. Admission angiography for blunt splenic injury: advantages and pitfalls. J Trauma. 2001;51:1161-1165. (Pubitemid 34028450)
7. Davis KA, Fabian TC, Croce MA, et al. Improved success in nonoperative management of blunt splenic injuries: embolization of splenic artery pseudoaneurysms. J Trauma. 1998;44:1008-1015. (Pubitemid 28310963)
8. Gavant ML, Schurr M, Flick PA, Croce MA, Fabian TC, Gold RE. Predicting clinical outcome of nonsurgical management of blunt splenic injury: using CT to reveal abnormalities of splenic vasculature. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997;168:207-212. (Pubitemid 27014776)
9. Harbrecht BG, Ko SH, Watson GA, Forsythe RM, Rosengart MR, Peitzman AB. Angiography for blunt splenic trauma does not improve the success rate of nonoperative management. J Trauma. 2007;63:44-49. (Pubitemid 47057560)
10. Peitzman AB, Harbrecht BG, Rivera L, Heil B; Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma Multiinstitutional Trials Workgroup. Failure of observation of blunt splenic injury in adults: variability in practice and adverse consequences. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;201:179-187. (Pubitemid 40994949)
11. Alejandro KV, Acosta JA, Rodriguez PA. Bleeding manifestations after early use of low-molecular-weight heparins in blunt splenic injuries. Am Surg. 2003;69:1006-1009.
12. Dillman DA. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. 2nd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2000.
13. Harbrecht BG, Zenati MS, Ochoa JB, yana JC, Alarcon LH, Peitzman AB. Evaluation of a 15-year experience with splenic injuries in a state trauma system. Surgery. 2007;141:229-238. (Pubitemid 46149872)
14. Geerts WH, Jay RM, Code KI, et al. A comparison of low-dose heparin with low-molecular-weight heparin as prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism after major trauma. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:701-707. (Pubitemid 26287356)
15. Knudson MM, Morabito D, Paiement GD, Shackleford S. Use of low molecular weight heparin in preventing thromboembolism in trauma patients. J Trauma. 1996;41:446-459. (Pubitemid 26318072)
16. Terrell TR, Lundquist B. Management of splenic rupture and return-toplay decisions in a college football player. Clin J Sports Med. 2002;12: 400-402. (Pubitemid 35477441)
17. Savage SA, Zarzaur BL, Magnotti LJ, et al. The evolution of blunt splenic injury: resolution and progression. J Trauma. 2008;64:1085-1092.
18. Zarzaur BL, Vashi S, Magnotti LJ, Croce MA, Fabian TC. The real risk of splenectomy after discharge home following non-operative management of blunt splenic injury. J Trauma. 2009;66:1531-1536.