Splenic Artery Embolization in Blunt Trauma

In prior decades, splenic arterial embolization (SAE) was used increasingly in the setting of nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma. Recently, however, multiple studies have questioned the efficacy of SAE in the blunt trauma population; at the very least, the clinical indications for SAE appear to be changing. 1 At many institutions, however, including ours, SAE remains a mainstay in the treatment of patients suffering blunt trauma to the spleen.