Hospital level variations in the trends and outcomes of the nonoperative management of splenic injuries - a nationwide cohort study.
Chien-An LiaoYu-Tung WuChien-Hung LiaoShang-Yu WangChih-Yuan FuChi-Hsun HsiehShao-Wei ChenChing-Chang ChenAn-Hsun ChouChi-Tung ChengPublished in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2019)
There is a trend toward the use of NOM for blunt splenic injury treatments, and the outcomes from the NOM groups were not inferior to those of the operation group. In addition, tertiary centers performed more NOM than did non-center hospitals and better met the international consensus.