Retrospective Study
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World J Gastrointest Surg. Oct 27, 2024; 16(10): 3163-3170
Published online Oct 27, 2024. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v16.i10.3163
Follow-up strategy for early detection of delayed pseudoaneurysms in patients with blunt traumatic spleen injury: A single-center retrospective study
Sung Hoon Cho, Gun Woo Kim, Suyeong Hwang, Kyoung Hoon Lim
Sung Hoon Cho, Gun Woo Kim, Suyeong Hwang, Kyoung Hoon Lim, Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41944, South Korea
Author contributions: Kim GW and Hwang S did the acquisition and analysis of the data; Cho SH performed data collection and statistical analysis and was a major contributor to writing the manuscript; Lim KH contributed to the conception and design of the work and revised manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Kyungpook National University Hospital (Approval No. 2023-12-016).
Informed consent statement: This study is a retrospective study analyzing electronic medical records and is subject to exemption from consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: All data are included in the main manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Kyoung Hoon Lim, MD, PhD, Doctor, Professor, Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, 130, Dongduk-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944, South Korea. drlimkh@knu.ac.kr
Received: May 9, 2024
Revised: August 22, 2024
Accepted: August 30, 2024
Published online: October 27, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Nonoperative management has become the standard treatment for hemodynamically stable patients with splenic injuries. On the other hand, delayed splenic pseudoaneurysms can develop in any patient, and at present, there are no known risk factors that may reliably predict their occurrence. There were also no statistically significant risk factors for delayed pseudoaneurysm formation in our study. We recommend regular follow-up computed tomography scans at least 1 week and 1 month after injury in any grade of blunt traumatic spleen injury.