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. 2021 Sep 13;11(9):1667. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11091667

Table 1.

Organ Injury Scale (OIS) of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma (AAST): 2018 revision.

AAST AIS Liver Spleen Kidney
I 2 Hematoma Subcapsular, <10% surface area Subcapsular, <10% surface area Subcapsular hematoma and/or parenchymal contusion without laceration
Laceration Capsular tear, <1% parenchymal depth Capsular tear, <1% parenchymal depth
II 2 Hematoma Subcapsular, 10–50% surface area,
intra-parenchymal, <10 cm in diameter
Subcapsular, 10–50% surface area
Intra-parenchymal, <5 cm in diameter
Perirenal hematoma confined to Gerota fascia
Laceration Capsular tear, 1–3 cm parenchymal depth, <10 cm length 1–3 cm parenchymal depth Renal parenchymal laceration ≤1 cm depth without urinary extravasation
III 3 Hematoma Subcapsular, >50% surface area of ruptured subcapsular or parenchymal hematoma; intraparenchymal >10 cm Subcapsular, >50% surface area
Ruptured subcapsular or parenchymal hematoma ≥5 cm
Laceration Capsular tear, >3 cm parenchymal depth >3 cm parenchymal depth or involving trabecular vessels Renal parenchymal laceration >1 cm depth without collecting system rupture or urinary extravasation
Vascular Vascular injury with active bleeding contained within liver parenchyma Any injury in the presence of a kidney vascular injury or active bleeding contained within Gerota fascia
IV 4 Laceration Parenchymal disruption involving 25–75% of hepatic lobe or 1–3 segments Parenchymal laceration involving segmental or hilar vessels producing >25% devascularization Parenchymal laceration extending into urinary collecting system with urinary extravasation
Renal pelvis laceration and/or complete ureteropelvic disruption
Vascular Vascular injury with active bleeding breaching the liver parenchyma into the peritoneum Any injury in the presence of a splenic vascular injury or active bleeding confined within splenic capsule Segmental renal vein or artery injury
Active bleeding beyond Gerota fascia into the retroperitoneum or peritoneum
Segmental or complete kidney infarction(s) due to vessel thrombosis without active bleeding
V 5 Laceration Parenchymal disruption involving >75% of hepatic lobe Shattered spleen Shattered kidney with loss of identifiable parenchymal renal anatomy
Vascular Juxtavenous hepatic injuries; i.e., retrohepatic vena cava/central major hepatic veins Any injury in the presence of splenic vascular injury with active
bleeding extending beyond the spleen into the peritoneum
Main renal artery or vein laceration or avulsion of hilum
Devascularized kidney with active bleeding

Additional points: Advance one grade for multiple injuries up to Grade III. Vascular injury (i.e., pseudoaneurysm or AV fistula) appears as a focal collection of vascular contrast that decreases in attenuation on delayed images. Active bleeding: focal or diffuse collection of vascular contrast that increases in size or attenuation in a delayed phase. Details from [40,41].