A study on the nonoperative treatment of adult blunt splenic injuries / 中华普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To increase curative rate of nonoperation treatment for adult blunt splenic trauma.Methods Data of 141 patients with blunt splenic trauma treated in our hospital from March 2010 to October 2014 were retrospectively analyzed in accordance with the spleen injury degree classification issued by the Spleen Surgery Group of Chinese Society of Surgery in 2000.According to the treatment within 6 hours of injury,these patients were divided into operative and nonoperative management groups.Results The proportion of non operation was 69.5％ (98/141) and the success rate was 89.8％ (88/98).43 cases were in operation group34 cases in grade Ⅲ,9 cases with grade Ⅳ,3 cases died; 98 cases were in non operation groupincluding 32 cases of grade Ⅰ,50 cases of grade Ⅱ,15 cases of grade llⅢ,1 case with grade Ⅳ.10 cases failed non operation treatment including 1 case with grade Ⅰ complicated by pancreatic and intestinal injury causing peritonitis during the period of observation,1 case of grade Ⅱ complicated by contusion of the liver and secondary bleeding on day 3 after the trauma,7 cases of grade Ⅲ,were converted to surgery because of multiple organ injury and rebleeding secondary to pulmonary complications,and 1 case of grade Ⅳ with multiple organ injury and shock being immediately converted to surgery.In overall there were 2 deaths in nonsurgery group,1 case with grade Ⅲ and 1 case with grade Ⅳ.Condusions Nonoperative treatment of blunt splenic trauma is safe and feasible in grade up to]Ⅱ blund splenic trauma patients.