title: Non-operative management of stable, non-pulsatile, retroperitoneal hematomas in blunt abdominal trauma.
abstract: METHODS
  A 33 year-old male sustained blunt abdominal trauma requiring emergent exploration which revealed a grade IV liver injury with a right zone II retroperitoneal and supramesocolic hematoma, and a zone I central retroperitoneal hematoma, all of which were nonexpanding and nonpulsatile, and therefore were left undisturbed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple techniques have been used for management of retroperitoneal hematomas such as manual tamponade with clamping and balloon occlusion catheters, tight sponge packing followed by temporary closure, percutaneous balloon catheter occlusion, and endovascular repair.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stable, non-pulsatile, nonexpanding, retroperitoneal hematomas can be observed, even in the face of other injuries.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. kingjen@umkc.edu
authors.forename: Jenelle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*