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Splenic Trauma

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Surgical Diseases of the Spleen

Abstract

The spleen is the abdominal organ most commonly injured in blunt trauma [1]. Patients may be asymptomatic or present with life-threatening shock. The diagnosis and management of splenic injury have been topics of controversy for the past century, with more than 1250 published articles on the subject in the last 30 years. This chapter will consider the major current controversies in splenic trauma, including splenic preservation, splenic repair, nonoperative treatment, radiologic evaluation, and postsplenectomy management.

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    Leon Morgenstern M.D. (Emeritus Director of Surgery) (Emeritus Director of Surgery)

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Trunkey, D.D., Hulka, F., Mullins, R.J. (1997). Splenic Trauma. In: Hiatt, J.R., Phillips, E.H., Morgenstern, L. (eds) Surgical Diseases of the Spleen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60574-1_14

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