Journal article
Management of spleen injuries in the adult trauma population: a ten-year experience.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Increasing awareness of the postoperative risks associated with splenectomies has led physicians and surgeons to use an alternative nonoperative strategy in handling traumatic spleen injuries. Our primary objective was to compare clinical outcomes between operative and nonoperative managements in adult patients with blunt splenic injuries. The secondary objective was to assess the changes in the patterns of managing splenic injuries …
Authors
Cadeddu M; Garnett A; Al-Anezi K; Farrokhyar F
Journal
Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 386–390
Publication Date
December 2006
ISSN
0008-428X