Role of non-operative management of spleen injury in patients with hemophilia: report of two patients with review of literature.
The non-operative management (NOM) of hemodynamically stable patients with splenic trauma is currently well accepted, yet non-operative therapy has rarely been attempted in coagulopathic patients. Two cases of successful NOM of splenic trauma in patients with hemophilia are presented with a review of the English medical literature.
Sharma
Om P
OP
Trauma Services, The Toledo Hospital & Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3895, USA.
Oswanski
Michael F
MF
Issa
Nabil M
NM
Stein
Dagmar T
DT
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000188:drug therapy; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000628:therapy*
D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors