Spleen trauma in children

Abstract

It was established that thanatogenetic feature of spleen injury in children is moderate blood loss (89.6% of victims), incidence of large and massive blood loss was 6.8% and 3.4% respectively. In unoperated children blood loss did not exceed 15% of blood volume. In group of operated children (n=6; 8%) incidence of large blood loss was 4% (n=3) and did not exceed 28% of blood volume. Prevalence of moderate blood loss in case of spleen trauma due to anatomic and physiological features and mechanisms of spleen injury is theoretically justified.