Changes in the Management of Injuries to the Liver and Spleen

Presented at the American College of Surgeons 90th Annual Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA, October 2004.

Received 26 October 2004; accepted 2 November 2004.

Abbreviations and acronyms: DPL, diagnostic peritoneal lavage , EAST, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma , NOM, nonoperative management

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Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY.

Correspondence address: J David Richardson, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, 550 South Jackson Street, Louisville, KY 40292.

PII: S1072-7515(04)01408-5

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.11.005

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