Use of a splenic injury algorithm is associated with a high success rate for nonoperative management of splenic trauma. Using selective criteria, only 5% of patients were treated with SAE. SAE salvaged six patients with high-grade splenic injury or decreasing hematocrit but had a 33% failure rate. Failure of nonoperative management was most commonly caused by errors in judgment, primarily recognition of "high-risk" injury patterns on CT scan or attempting nonoperative management in anticoagulated or coagulopathic patients.
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