title: The use of hemorrhage occluder pins for controlling paravertebral intercostal artery bleeding: case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a technique for arresting traumatic bleeding uncontrollable by conventional means.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Major intrathoracic bleeding was stopped in a 17-year-old boy who had been stabbed in his right chest by using a Hemorrhage Occluder Pin (Surgical Instruments Inc., Placetia, Calif).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of occluder pins to stop bleeding from intercostal arteries may be life-saving.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery B, Yitzhak Rabin Trauma Center, Soraski Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kluger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sagie
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soffer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nasrallha
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aladgem
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*