title: Transcatheter treatment of liver laceration from blunt trauma.
abstract: Blunt hepatic trauma is a fairly common pathology seen in trauma centers. We describe a pediatric patient who suffered blunt hepatic trauma that was managed successfully with a combination of exploratory laparotomy and liver packing, followed by hepatic artery embolization by interventional radiology (IR) after he continued to have significant arterial extravasation. Also discussed are trends in overall blunt hepatic trauma management and the technique of IR management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology.
authors.forename: Andrew Hal
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: Pavan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
keywords: blunt hepatic trauma; hepatic artery embolization; interventional radiology; liver active extravasation