Liver injuries represent one of the most frequent life-threatening injuries in trauma patients.
In determining the optimal management strategy, the anatomic injury, the hemodynamic …

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 …

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a novel trauma workflow, using
an interventional radiology (IVR)–computed tomography (CT) system in severe trauma …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management of liver and spleen injury should be achievable
for more than 95% of children. Large national studies continue to show that some regions …

The severity of liver injuries has been universally classified according to the American
Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) grading scale. In determining the optimal …

Traumatic injury continues to play a major role in mortality. Injury is the leading cause of
death for people younger than 45 years of age in the United States and worldwide …

BACKGROUND Many hemodynamically stable patients with blunt abdominal solid organ
injuries are successfully managed nonoperatively, while unstable patients often require …

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 …

BACKGROUND The liver is one of the most frequently injured abdominal organs. Hepatic
hemorrhage is a complex and challenging complication following hepatic trauma. Significant …

BACKGROUND Nonoperative management (NOM) has become the standard treatment in
hemodynamically stable patients with blunt hepatic injuries. While the reported overall …