Splenic Autotransplantation after Blunt Spleen Injury in Children

Non-operative management has been preferred in blunt spleen injury. Moreover children are more susceptible to post-splenectomy infection, spleen should be preserved if possible. However, splenectomy is inevitable to patients with severe splenic injury. Therefore splenic autotransplantation could be...

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Published in:Journal of Trauma and Injury
Main Authors: Hojun Lee, Byung Hee Kang, Junsik Kwon, John Cook-Jong Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2018-08-01
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Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-087.pdf