Solid Organ Trauma

ABSTRACT

Nonoperative management (NOM) can now be applied to the majority of solid organ injuries. Interventional radiology techniques have great potential to improve the success rates of NOM by treating those patients who are at risk of or who are failing NOM. In other patients interventional techniques may be used as an adjunct to surgery. The purpose of this article is to review the diagnosis and treatment of solid organ injury with emphasis on the role of interventional techniques for management of vascular injuries involving the liver, spleen, and kidneys.

KEYWORDS

Transarterial embolization - blunt trauma - nonoperative treatment

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