Research Article: Splenic Artery Embolization in Conservative Management of Blunt Splenic Injury Graded by AAST-OIS: Results from a Hospital in Vietnam
Introduction:
In the past two decades, conservative treatment of blunt splenic injury has increasingly been prioritized to prevent unnecessary laparotomy, maximize the rate of splenic preservation, and reduce the length of hospital stay. Splenic artery embolization with materials, such as gelatin sponge, coil, and embozene particles, has proven its worth as an adjunct to nonsurgical management, and it is preferred to splenectomy whenever possible. According to recent studies, the success of this method in hemodynamically stable…
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