Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients
The spleen is the most injured intra-abdominal organ, with splenic injuries constituting 42 to 49% of all abdominal injuries. Due to this vulnerability and the fact that splenic ruptures can potentially result in life-threatening hemorrhage, finding quick and efficient ways to control splenic bleedi...
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| description | The spleen is the most injured intra-abdominal organ, with splenic injuries constituting 42 to 49% of all abdominal injuries. Due to this vulnerability and the fact that splenic ruptures can potentially result in life-threatening hemorrhage, finding quick and efficient ways to control splenic bleeding in a trauma setting can improve patient outcomes. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the low-profile braided occluder (LOBO; Okami Medical, Aliso Viejo, California, United States), a vascular occlusion system designed to rapidly occlude vessels by using a high-density, uniform small pore structure. We present a small case series describing the use of the LOBO device for proximal splenic embolization in three trauma patients. Our report suggests that the LOBO device is safe and efficient for proximal splenic artery embolization as all three of our patients had a successful outcome with no complications; furthermore, we believe using the LOBO device may enhance patient and provider safety by decreasing fluoroscopic time and radiation dose, though further studies are needed to support this. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e104f88a4f384da58abd2dc1a90ad7422025-08-20T03:21:27ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082025-07-01350344845510.1055/s-0044-1791808Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma PatientsChristopher Stevens0Chintan Mehta1Dylan Scott2Chaitanya Ahuja3Massoud Allahyari4Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United StatesDepartment of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, United StatesThe spleen is the most injured intra-abdominal organ, with splenic injuries constituting 42 to 49% of all abdominal injuries. Due to this vulnerability and the fact that splenic ruptures can potentially result in life-threatening hemorrhage, finding quick and efficient ways to control splenic bleeding in a trauma setting can improve patient outcomes. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the low-profile braided occluder (LOBO; Okami Medical, Aliso Viejo, California, United States), a vascular occlusion system designed to rapidly occlude vessels by using a high-density, uniform small pore structure. We present a small case series describing the use of the LOBO device for proximal splenic embolization in three trauma patients. Our report suggests that the LOBO device is safe and efficient for proximal splenic artery embolization as all three of our patients had a successful outcome with no complications; furthermore, we believe using the LOBO device may enhance patient and provider safety by decreasing fluoroscopic time and radiation dose, though further studies are needed to support this.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0044-1791808traumasplenic embolizationinterventional radiologylow-profile braided occluder (LOBO) |
| spellingShingle | Christopher Stevens Chintan Mehta Dylan Scott Chaitanya Ahuja Massoud Allahyari Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging trauma splenic embolization interventional radiology low-profile braided occluder (LOBO) |
| title | Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients |
| title_full | Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients |
| title_fullStr | Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients |
| title_short | Our Experience with the Low-Profile Braided Occluder: A Case Series of Splenic Artery Embolization in Three Trauma Patients |
| title_sort | our experience with the low profile braided occluder a case series of splenic artery embolization in three trauma patients |
| topic | trauma splenic embolization interventional radiology low-profile braided occluder (LOBO) |
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