Traumatic suprahepatic inferior vena cava injury: surgical management

Autor: Rafeek A. Karim, Ranjish A. Thamaran, Sunil Rajendran, Varadaraj Sridharan, Murali P. Vettath, Ismail E. Thazhkuni, Kannan A. Vellachamy, Anil Damodara Prabhu
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 2(4)
ISSN: 1556-9845
Popis: Suprahepatic inferior vena caval (IVC) injuries are rare but carry nearly a 100% mortality rate. The main problem with its surgical management is the technical difficulty in draining the IVC during cardiopulmonary bypass. In this report, an efficient method of IVC drainage for repair of the IVC on cardiopulmonary bypass is described.
Databáze: OpenAIRE