title: Balloon tamponade for bilobar transfixing hepatic gunshot wounds.
abstract: The nonresectional approach to major liver trauma is clearly preferred. Unfortunately, trachotomy with vessel ligation, selective hepatic arterial ligation, perihepatic pack, and fibrin glue are not viable options with high-energy bilobar liver injuries. We have fashioned a balloon tamponade device that has proved very effective for these transfixing hepatic gunshot wounds.
authors: Department of Surgery, Denver General Hospital, Colorado 80204-4507.
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Poggetti
authors: E E
authors: EE
authors: Moore
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Moore
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Mitchell
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Read
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*