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. 2018 Mar 27;23:29. doi: 10.4103/jrms.JRMS_875_17

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(a) Laceration >3 cm represents Stage 3 in American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Stage 3 in the new recommended system. (b) Laceration 1–3 cm represents Stage 2 in American Association for the Surgery of Trauma while laceration of 1–3 cm plus capsular disruption in this figure represents Stage 3 in the new recommended system. (c) Hematoma >50% and active bleeding represent Stage 3 of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Stage 4b of the new recommended system. (d) Shattered spleen represents Grade 5 in American Association for the Surgery of Trauma and Stage 4a in the new recommended grading system