Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for blunt retrohepatic venous injury: a case report.
A case of major blunt hepatic injury requiring liver resection is described. An associated retrohepatic vena cava injury could not be repaired despite the use of an atriocaval shunt. Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest was used as a last resort.
Marelli
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Montreal General Hospital Trauma Unit, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
Tchervenkov
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Metrakos
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Barayan
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Hasel
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Brown
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D000293:Adolescent; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery*