Injury to the spleen.
Peitzman
A B
AB
Section of Trauma/Surgical Critical Care and Division of General Surgery, The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ford
H R
HR
Harbrecht
B G
BG
Potoka
D A
DA
Townsend
R N
RN
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation; D013156:Splenectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014611:Vaccination; D014945:Wound Healing; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*