Preoperative percutaneous intraluminal balloon catheter control of major arterial hemorrhage.
Preoperative percutaneous balloon catheter control of major arterial hemorrhage is a useful technique when the damaged vessel is difficult or dangerous to expose. We report two cases, one with a gunshot wound to the internal carotid artery and one with a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm, in whom this approach was successfully employed to stop hemorrhage, control shock, and allow a precise, controlled vascular exposure and repair.
Belkin
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Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.
Dunton
R
R
Crombie
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HD
Lowe
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D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography; D012421:Rupture; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000628:therapy*