Angiographic management of the left hepatic artery disruption following motor vehicle accident

Trauma is a leading cause of death in younger individuals. Blunt abdominal trauma has the potential to mask severe injuries—there can be serious organ or vascular injury underneath intact skin. Increasingly, there is a trend toward nonoperative management of blunt abdominal trauma. We report the cas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dullet, Navjit, Marshall, Dustyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5551999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2017.04.011
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Sumario:Trauma is a leading cause of death in younger individuals. Blunt abdominal trauma has the potential to mask severe injuries—there can be serious organ or vascular injury underneath intact skin. Increasingly, there is a trend toward nonoperative management of blunt abdominal trauma. We report the case of a left hepatic artery transection managed in the interventional radiology suite.

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