Arterial injury and massive blood loss: a case report of management of pelvic gunshot injury with femoro-subscrotal-femoral bypass and 116 units of blood.
A case of massive shotgun injury to the left thigh and hip is reported. The patient received 116 units of blood, and a femoro-subscrotal-femoral vein graft was employed to save the left leg. A Teflon wool blood transfusion filter, used from the beginning of therapy, was believed to have been a major factor in preventing significant pulmonary complications.
D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003646:Debridement; D004322:Drainage; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D025981:Hip Injuries; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010502:Perineum; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D012611:Scrotum; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000628:therapy*; D013848:Thigh / Q000293:injuries*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*