Kristen Spoor, John David Cull, Banan W Otaibi, Joshua P Hazelton, John Chipko, Jessica Reynolds, Sam Fugate, Claire Pederson, Linda B Zier, Lewis E Jacobson, Jamie M Williams, Thomas S Easterday, Saskya Byerly, Caleb Mentzer, Edward Hawke, Daniel C Cullinane, Julianne B Ontengco, Nikolay Bugaev, Madison LeClair, Pascal Udekwu, Cooper Josephs, Matthew Noorbaksh, James Babowice, Catherine Garrison Velopulos, Shane Urban, Anna Goldenberg, Gaby Ghobrial, John M Pickering, Steven D Quarfordt, Alia F Aunchman, Aimee K LaRiccia, Chance Spalding, Richard D Catalano, Jordan E Basham, Philip M Edmundson, Jeffry Nahmias, Erika Tay, Scott H Norwood, Katelyn Meadows, Yee Wong, Claire Hardman
OBJECTIVES: There is little evidence guiding the management of grade I-II traumatic splenic injuries with contrast blush (CB). We aimed to analyze the failure rate of nonoperative management (NOM) of grade I-II splenic injuries with CB in hemodynamically stable patients. METHODS: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study examining all grade I-II splenic injuries with CB was performed at 21 institutions from January 1, 2014, to October 31, 2019. Patients >18 years old with grade I or II splenic injury due to blunt trauma with CB on CT were included...
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