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Traumatic Splenic Injury and Management Quality of Life and Clinical Outcomes of Treatment for Splenic Injury after Trauma Retrospective study

Completed
Conditions
Splenic injury
splenic laceration
10022114
10043413
Registration Number
NL-OMON42351
Lead Sponsor
Sint Elisabeth Ziekenhuis
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
175
Inclusion Criteria

Patients:
- With splenic injury after blunt abdominal trauma
- Currently 18 years or older
- For MRI: treated with splenic artery embolization (approximately 30 patients)
Retrospective: January 2005 to now

Exclusion Criteria

- Insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language.
- Patients who died during or after treatment are (of course) excluded for questionnaires and MRI, not for clinical outcomes.;Exclusion for MRI only:
- Patients treated with SAE: patients who do not want to or are not able to undergo an MRI abdomen (for example pregnant women or other contraindications for MRI).
! Patients excluded for MRI still need to fill out the questionnaires. Also, their clinical outcomes will be processed in the database.

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>(I) RETROSPECTIVE<br /><br>PRIMARY<br /><br>Quality of life is assessed with the generic 26-item World Health Organization<br /><br>Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) [14]. This measure assesses four domains<br /><br>(Physical health, Psychological health, Social relationships, and Environment)<br /><br>and a general facet *Overall QOL and general health*.<br /><br>The short-form (12) health survey is a shorter version of the SF-36, which is<br /><br>used to evaluate individual patients health status, researching the<br /><br>cost-effectiveness of a treatment and monitoring and comparing disease burden.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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