Angiography and embolisation in blunt splenic injury: a review

Abstract

The surgical care of patients has evolved over the last 50 years. Operative intervention in the face of blunt spleen injury has been supplanted by non-operative techniques. Two of the newest techniques, angiography and embolisation, are reviewed in this article with references to patient selection, technique used and outcomes. Furthermore, current weaknesses in the data available are discussed in order to provide surgeons with a complete overview of the techniques.