The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma sponsored an expert panel that described five categorizes of progressively more severe spleen injury which correspond to prognosis, and have been used to guide decisions regarding nonoperative management.
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(2012). AAST Spleen Injury Scale. In: Vincent, JL., Hall, J.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_3002
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