TY - JOUR
T1 - Iatrogenic Injury to the Spleen-CT Appearance
AU - Galperin-Aizenberg, Maya
AU - Blachar, Arye
AU - Gayer, Gabriela
PY - 2007/2
Y1 - 2007/2
N2 - Splenic injury is a well-known but rare complication of various abdominal surgical and invasive procedures, and even of cardiac surgery. The true incidence of iatrogenic splenic trauma is, however, difficult to assess and is probably underestimated. Overt injuries diagnosed during surgery are usually immediately treated by splenectomy without imaging. This review focuses on missed splenic injuries that are diagnosed on imaging following surgery or an invasive procedure.
AB - Splenic injury is a well-known but rare complication of various abdominal surgical and invasive procedures, and even of cardiac surgery. The true incidence of iatrogenic splenic trauma is, however, difficult to assess and is probably underestimated. Overt injuries diagnosed during surgery are usually immediately treated by splenectomy without imaging. This review focuses on missed splenic injuries that are diagnosed on imaging following surgery or an invasive procedure.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846663527&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1053/j.sult.2006.10.007
DO - 10.1053/j.sult.2006.10.007
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C2 - 17366708
AN - SCOPUS:33846663527
SN - 0887-2171
VL - 28
SP - 52
EP - 56
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
IS - 1
ER -