Evolution of the treatment of splenic injuries: from surgery to non-operative management.

The spleen is one of the most frequently injured organs in blunt abdominal trauma. In the past decades, the treatment of patients with blunt splenic injury has shifted from operative to non-operative management. The knowledge of physiology and immunology of the spleen have been the main reasons to develop techniques for splenic salvage. The advances in high-resolution imaging techniques, as well as less invasive procedures, including angiography and angioembolization, have allowed a higher rate of success in the non-operative management. Non-operative management has showed a decrease in overall mortality and morbidity. The aim of this article is to analyze the current management of splenic injury based on a literature review of the last 30 years, from we have identified 63,205 patients. This would enable the surgeons to provide the best care possible in every case. Copyright © 2017 AEC. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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Patrizio Petrone, María Fernanda Anduaga Peña, María José Servide Staffolani, Collin Brathwaite, Alexander Axelrad, José Ceballos Esparragón. Evolution of the treatment of splenic injuries: from surgery to non-operative management. Cirugia espanola. 2017 Oct;95(8):420-427

PMID: 28779968

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