title: Case report: inferior vena caval thrombosis following severe liver trauma and perihepatic packing--early detection by intraoperative ultrasonography enabling treatment by percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy.
abstract: Patients with severe liver trauma present a major challenge in management. We report the successful treatment of a patient presenting with a severe liver injury. The detection of major inferior vena caval thrombosis by intraoperative ultrasonography enabled the use of a percutaneous thrombectomy device to facilitate dissolution of the thrombus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chalmers
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Redhead
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Garden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*