Spleen injuries are among the most frequent trauma-related injuries. At present, they are
classified according to the anatomy of the injury. The optimal treatment strategy, however …

Abstract Background In 2017, the World Society of Emergency Surgery published its
guidelines for the management of adult and pediatric patients with splenic trauma. Several …

BACKGROUND Contradictory findings are reported in the literature concerning prognostic
factors for failure of nonoperative management (NOM) in the treatment of adults with blunt …

Nonoperative management (NOM) is an initial nonsurgical management strategy of a solid-
organ injury which usually consists of observation, but may include use of endovascular …

Abstract Background The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) splenic
organ injury scale (OIS) is the most frequently used CT-based grading system for blunt …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management (NOM) of hemodynamically normal patients
with blunt splenic injury (BSI) is the standard of care. Guidelines recommend additional …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management is the standard of care in hemodynamically
stable patients with blunt splenic injury. However, a number of issues regarding the …

The spleen is one of the most commonly injured solid organs in blunt abdominal trauma.
The development of automatic segmentation systems from multi-phase CT for splenic …

Introduction: The Revised Organ Injury Scale (OIS) of the American Association for Surgery
of Trauma (AAST) is the most widely accepted classification of splenic trauma. The objective …

Background: Multi-detector contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT)
allows for the accurate detection and classification of traumatic splenic injuries, leading to …