Retrohepatic vena cava balloon shunt introduced via the sapheno-femoral junction.
Experimental in-vitro and in-vivo testing of a retrohepatic vena cava shunt has shown effective shunting of inferior vena caval blood by catheters with outside diameters of 28 French. A technique of insertion of such a catheter via the groin is shown to be feasible in humans. Control of vena caval bleeding by a balloon catheter prototype during liver resection in dogs and in a human patient has been demonstrated.
D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004285:Dogs; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery