CT confirmation of healing spleen

[tina]

Agree with Tim...comments so far seem to sum up nicely what we know about
follow-up after splenic injuries...very little. Even with a CT like this,
most would let him go back to unrestricted activity if he is otherwise
fine...so is there a place for late follow-up CT scans in clinically
restituted patients? Also I don't know of any evidence for restricting
activity 6 months? 
 
We stopped doing late follow-up CT scans for splenic injuries a few years
ago..as we often ended up worrying about the CT appearance, however still
letting the patient go back to unrestricted activity after 8-12 weeks if
feeling ok, 12 weeks for grade 4/5, no evidence.. 

Tina Gaarder
Oslo

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Allen

Since folow-up CT does not predict failure, I'm not sure about whether it
should have been done, but since he is well and likely to have a new capsule
- sure, why not!

Tim

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Dear all
I would appreciate the opinion of the members on the CT confirmation  
of a healed ruptured spleen. The CT scan is of a 20 year old male  
injured in a MVC - initial CT showing a splenic injury managed  
conservatively and another 6 months later showing a ? fibrous band  
joining the 2 fragments.

Is this sufficient evidence to allow him to go back to contact sports?  
Or is the band expected to narrow even further in the future?

Thanks very much

Allen
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