- Spoor, Kristen;
- Cull, John;
- Otaibi, Banan;
- Hazelton, Joshua;
- Chipko, John;
- Reynolds, Jessica;
- Fugate, Sam;
- Pederson, Claire;
- Zier, Linda;
- Jacobson, Lewis;
- Williams, Jamie;
- Easterday, Thomas;
- Byerly, Saskya;
- Mentzer, Caleb;
- Hawke, Edward;
- Cullinane, Daniel;
- Ontengco, Julianne;
- Bugaev, Nikolay;
- LeClair, Madison;
- Udekwu, Pascal;
- Josephs, Cooper;
- Noorbaksh, Matthew;
- Babowice, James;
- Velopulos, Catherine;
- Urban, Shane;
- Goldenberg, Anna;
- Ghobrial, Gaby;
- Pickering, John;
- Quarfordt, Steven;
- Aunchman, Alia;
- LaRiccia, Aimee;
- Spalding, Chance;
- Catalano, Richard;
- Basham, Jordan;
- Edmundson, Philip;
- Tay, Erika;
- Norwood, Scott;
- Meadows, Katelyn;
- Wong, Yee;
- Hardman, Claire;
- Nahmias, Jeffry
OBJECTIVES: There is little evidence guiding the management of grade I-II traumatic splenic injuries with contrast blush (CB). We aimed to analyze the failure rate of nonoperative management (NOM) of grade I-II splenic injuries with CB in hemodynamically stable patients. METHODS: A multicenter, retrospective cohort study examining all grade I-II splenic injuries with CB was performed at 21 institutions from January 1, 2014, to October 31, 2019. Patients >18 years old with grade I or II splenic injury due to blunt trauma with CB on CT were included. The primary outcome was the failure of NOM requiring angioembolization/operation. We determined the failure rate of NOM for grade I versus grade II splenic injuries. We then performed bivariate comparisons of patients who failed NOM with those who did not. RESULTS: A total of 145 patients were included. Median Injury Severity Score was 17. The combined rate of failure for grade I-II injuries was 20.0%. There was no statistical difference in failure of NOM between grade I and II injuries with CB (18.2% vs 21.1%, p>0.05). Patients who failed NOM had an increased median hospital length of stay (p=0.024) and increased need for blood transfusion (p=0.004) and massive transfusion (p=0.030). Five patients (3.4%) died and 96 (66.2%) were discharged home, with no differences between those who failed and those who did not fail NOM (both p>0.05). CONCLUSION: NOM of grade I-II splenic injuries with CB fails in 20% of patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV.