Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Section 1 Clinical surgery in general
- Section 2 Thorax
- Section 3 Trunk
- Chapter 7 Applied surgical anatomy
- Chapter 8 Applied surgical physiology
- Chapter 9 The abdominal wall
- Chapter 10 The abdominal aorta and abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Chapter 11 The oesophagus, stomach and small bowel
- Chapter 12 The liver, biliary tree and pancreas
- Chapter 13 The spleen: splenic trauma and splenectomy
- Chapter 14 The large bowel
- Chapter 15 The rectum and anus
- Chapter 16 The kidneys and genitourinary system
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 13 - The spleen: splenic trauma and splenectomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Section 1 Clinical surgery in general
- Section 2 Thorax
- Section 3 Trunk
- Chapter 7 Applied surgical anatomy
- Chapter 8 Applied surgical physiology
- Chapter 9 The abdominal wall
- Chapter 10 The abdominal aorta and abdominal aortic aneurysms
- Chapter 11 The oesophagus, stomach and small bowel
- Chapter 12 The liver, biliary tree and pancreas
- Chapter 13 The spleen: splenic trauma and splenectomy
- Chapter 14 The large bowel
- Chapter 15 The rectum and anus
- Chapter 16 The kidneys and genitourinary system
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
What proportion of traumatic blunt splenic injuries are successfully treated conservatively?
Around 90%.
What diagonistic modalities are useful in the assessment of the patient following blunt abdominal trauma?
Focused assessment for sonography in trauma (FAST) - This includes examination of the peri-splenic region, Morrison's pouch, subxiphoid pericardial view, suprapubic region and examination of pleura for haemothoraces.
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- Information
- MRCS Revision Guide: Trunk and Thorax , pp. 106 - 108Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012