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Ruptured spleen
The AAST criteria for hematoma and laceration for splenic injury:
Grade I — Hematoma: subcapsular, <10 percent of surface area.
Laceration: capsular tear <1 cm in depth into the parenchyma .
Grade II — Hematoma: subcapsular, 10 to 50 percent of surface area.
Laceration: capsular tear, 1 to 3 cm in depth, but not involving a trabecular vessel.
Grade III — Hematoma: subcapsular, >50 percent of surface area OR expanding, ruptured subcapsular or parenchymal hematoma OR intraparenchymal hematoma >5 cm or expanding.
Laceration: >3 cm in depth or involving a trabecular vessel.
Grade IV — Laceration involving segmental or hilar vessels with major devascularization (ie, >25 percent of spleen).
Grade V — Hematoma: shattered spleen.
Laceration: hilar vascular injury which devascularizes spleen.
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Grade I — Hematoma: subcapsular, <10 percent of surface area.
Laceration: capsular tear <1 cm in depth into the parenchyma .
Grade II — Hematoma: subcapsular, 10 to 50 percent of surface area.
Laceration: capsular tear, 1 to 3 cm in depth, but not involving a trabecular vessel.
Grade III — Hematoma: subcapsular, >50 percent of surface area OR expanding, ruptured subcapsular or parenchymal hematoma OR intraparenchymal hematoma >5 cm or expanding.
Laceration: >3 cm in depth or involving a trabecular vessel.
Grade IV — Laceration involving segmental or hilar vessels with major devascularization (ie, >25 percent of spleen).
Grade V — Hematoma: shattered spleen.
Laceration: hilar vascular injury which devascularizes spleen.
www.aast.org/Library/Trau...
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Jul 09, 2013