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Predictors of surgical management of high grade blunt splenic injuries in adult trauma patients: a 5-year retrospective cohort study from an academic level I trauma center

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-020-00257-3

Published Online: 2020-08-03

Published Print: 2020-12

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Nijdam, Thomas M. P. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-4403
Spijkerman, Roy

Hesselink, Lilian

Leenen, Luke P. H.

Hietbrink, Falco
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Article History

Received: 29 April 2020

Accepted: 21 July 2020

First Online: 3 August 2020

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: A retrospective, observational study was performed to investigate the management of blunt splenic injuries in the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). For this analysis, a waiver was provided by the institutional medical ethics committee (reference number: 18/202). In addition, in line with the academic hospital policy, an opt-out procedure is in place for the use of patient data for research purposes. The process and storage of data are in accordance with privacy and ethics regulations.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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