Management of splenic trauma: A single institution's 8-year experience

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 308-314

  Rosati, Carl ^a   Ata, Ashar ^a   Siskin, Gary P ^a   Megna, Domenic ^a   Bonville, Daniel J ^a   Stain, Steven C ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiographic embolization; Keywords Laparotomy; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY SCALE; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC EMBOLIZATION; SURVIVAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SPLEEN;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84922698517     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.06.034     Document Type: Article

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