J Trauma
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Review Case Reports
Nonoperative management of a splenic tear in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia.
Splenic laceration, the most common visceral lesion following blunt abdominal trauma, can be treated in a nonoperative fashion in only a select group of stable patients with minimal injury. We report a unique case of life-threatening splenic trauma in a Jehovah's Witness with hemophilia that was successfully managed without surgery.