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Blunt splenic trauma

Thomas M. Scalea, Elias Degiannis, Galinos Barmparas, Agathoklis Konstantinidis, John Massahis, Kenji Inaba

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2012 · 82 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

Splenectomy is an independent risk factor for early infectious complications. Splenic-preserving techniques should be considered more liberally.

References

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SPLENIC STUDIES

Harold King, Harris B. Shumacker · Annals of Surgery · 1952 · 923 citations

Blunt Splenic Injury in Adults: Multi-institutional Study of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma

Andrew B. Peitzman, Brian Heil, Louis Rivera et al. · 2000 · 525 citations

Risk of Infection and Death Among Post-splenectomy Patients

Naiel Bisharat, Hussam Omari, I. Lavi et al. · Journal of Infection · 2001 · 462 citations

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Nonoperative Management of Blunt Splenic Injury: A 5-Year Experience

James M. Haan, Grant V. Bochicchio, Nils Krämer et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 2005 · 381 citations

Severe late postsplenectomy infection

Graham L. Cullingford, D. Neil Watkins, Andrew Watts et al. · British journal of surgery · 1991 · 283 citations

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