Blunt splenic injuries in a Canadian pediatric population: the need for a management guideline
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Background Selective nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt splenic injuries is
becoming a more prevalent practice. Inclusion criteria for NOM, which have been a source of …

The spleen is the most commonly injured organ in children sustaining blunt abdominal
trauma. Although accepted in pediatric patients, nonoperative management of blunt splenic …

Background: Non‐operative management of the great majority of blunt splenic injuries in
children has become routine. Debate continues on the need for intensive care unit (ICU) …

Introduction: There has been a shift from operative treatment (OT) to non-operative treatment
(NOT) of splenic injury. We evaluated the outcomes of treatment of pediatric patients with …

BACKGROUND: Nonoperative management of blunt splenic injury (BSI) was first proposed
at our institution in 1948. Since that time, treatment of patients with BSI has evolved from …

BACKGROUND Patterns for nonoperative management of pediatric blunt splenic injuries
(BSIs) vary significantly within and between institutions. The indications for repeated …

The importance and safety of non-operative management (NOM) of Blunt Splenic Injury
(BSI) has been established in children and adults over recent decades. However, studies …

PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to compare the self-reported practice patterns of
Canadian general surgeons (GSs) and pediatric general surgeons (PGSs) in treating blunt …

Objective. Selective nonoperative management of pediatric blunt splenic injury became the
standard of care in the late 1980s. The extent to which this practice has been adopted in …