Splenic trauma

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Background

  • Most commonly injured visceral organ in blunt trauma

Clinical Features

Differential Diagnosis

Workup

Management

  • Nonoperative management of splenic injuries has failure rate of 10-15%
    • Some advocate nonoperative management only if <55yr and CT injury grade less than IV

Disposition

See Also

Sources

Tintinalli's


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