Nonoperative management of a splenic tear in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia.
Splenic laceration, the most common visceral lesion following blunt abdominal trauma, can be treated in a nonoperative fashion in only a select group of stable patients with minimal injury. We report a unique case of life-threatening splenic trauma in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia that was successfully managed without surgery.
Zieg
P M
PM
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
Cohn
S M
SM
Beardsley
D S
DS
D000293:Adolescent; D002835:Christianity; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
D005169:Factor VIII; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin