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Inferior vena cava endograft to control surgically inaccessible hemorrhage.
- Source :
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Journal of vascular surgery [J Vasc Surg] 2003 Dec; Vol. 38 (6), pp. 1437-9. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Open surgical repair of retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) injuries can be technically difficult, usually requiring extensive hepatic mobilization and associated with significant morbidity. We report a case of uncontrolled hemorrhage from the retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC), which occurred during attempted resection of a large retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma, and was successfully managed using an endoluminal stent-graft. This case demonstrates that endoluminal grafts can be successfully applied to control life-threatening hemorrhage arising from lesions in the retrohepatic IVC that are otherwise extremely difficult or inaccessible to direct surgical repair.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0741-5214
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of vascular surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 14681656
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0741-5214(03)00919-4