title: Nonoperative management of a splenic tear in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Zieg
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cohn
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Beardsley
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005169:Factor VIII; D003894:Deamino Arginine Vasopressin