No further incidence of sepsis after splenectomy for severe trauma: a multi-institutional experience of the trauma registry of the DGU with 1,630 patients

No further incidence of sepsis after splenectomy for severe trauma: a multi-institutional experience of the trauma registry of the DGU with 1,630 patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>Non-operative management of blunt splenic injury in adults has been applied increasingly at the end of the last century. Therefore, the lifelong risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection has been the major impetus for preservati...

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Main Authors: Heuer M, Taeger G, Kaiser GM, Nast-Kolb D, Kühne CA, Ruchholtz S, Lefering R, Paul A, Lendemans S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
blunt abdominal trauma
splenic injury
splenectomy
transfusion
sepsis
mortality
Online Access:http://www.eurjmedres.com/content/15/6/258

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