title: [Spleen injuries in Spain: at what point are we?].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Management of spleen trauma has changed over last decades, although there is no data on its treatment in Spain. The aim of this study is to determine the characteristics of spleen injuries in adults with severe abdominal injuries and how we manage them.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective study using the databases of six Spanish hospitals: Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Virgen de la Vega Hospital, Torrevieja Hospital, Getafe Hospital, Doce de Octubre Hospital and Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 566 patients who had sustained spleen injuries were analyzed (448 males and 118 females), most of them were due to blunt trauma (94%), and the most frequent mechanism of injury was motor vehicle accident. The mean Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 25.2. The initial treatment was surgical in 56.6% of the patients (85.3% total splenectomy and 14.7% other conservative surgical procedures, of which 4.6% finally failed and required total splenectomy). The remaining 43.4% were initially managed conservatively, but 6.5% of them finally required surgical splenectomy, and in 8.8% angio-embolization was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In Spain, management of spleen trauma is mainly surgical (particularly splenectomy). Angio-embolization and conservative surgical procedures are now hardly used.
authors: Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital de Torrevieja, Alicante, España. Electronic address: montieljf@hotmail.com.
authors: Montiel
authors: M
authors: Jiménez Fuertes
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Costa Navarro
authors: José María
authors: JM
authors: Jover Navalón
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Turégano Fuentes
authors: José
authors: J
authors: Ceballos Esparragón
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Yuste
authors: Juan María
authors: JM
authors: Sánchez Tocino
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Navarro Soto
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Montmany
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013030:Spain; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Conservative management; Embolización; Embolization; Esplenectomía; Esplenorrafia; Splenectomy; Splenic injuries; Splenorrhaphy; Tratamiento conservador; Traumatismo esplénico