[A case report of emergency thoracotomy and aortic cross clamp for massive abdominal hemorrhage due to the rupture of a pancreatic pseudocyst].
The authors present a rare case of a 58-year-old female who had cardiac arrest due to massive abdominal hemorrhage because of the rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst during an emergency operation. We succeeded in resuscitation by performing emergency thoracotomy and internal cardiac compression. Thoracic aortic cross clamping was employed to control bleeding, and we could perform the operation. She recovered without any neurological deficits. Thoracic descending aortic cross clamping should be always considered both before and during operation for the control of massive abdominal hemorrhage to avoid circulatory collapse.
Ohguro
S
S
Sumita
S
S
Miyazawa
F
F
Imaizumi
H
H
Namba
H
H
Tsukamoto
M
M
Ujike
Y
Y
Kimura
H
H
Kobayashi
K
K
Yoshida
M
M
D000005:Abdomen; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D003250:Constriction; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013908:Thoracotomy