Table 2.
An overview of the treatment given to 109 patients with splenic injury according to AIS-grading of the splenic injury
| 2000–2006 | 2007–2013 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | NOM | Splenectomy | NOM | Splenectomy | NOM with SAE | |
| AIS 2–5 | 109 | 32 | 20 | 27 | 6* | 24 |
| AIS 2 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2a |
| AIS 3 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| AIS 4 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| AIS 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
AIS abbreviated injury scale, NOM non-operative management, SAE splenic artery embolization
*significant reduction in splenectomies after 2006 (p < 0.001)
a one patient had angiography without embolization