The use of hemorrhage occluder pins for controlling paravertebral intercostal artery bleeding: case report.
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.
Kluger
Y
Y
Department of Surgery B, Yitzhak Rabin Trauma Center, Soraski Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Sagie
B
B
Soffer
D
D
Nasrallha
N
N
Aladgem
D
D
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*