title: Penetrating injury to the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery of University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: azfonseca@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Alexandre Zanchenko
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Trauma Surgery of University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Augusto Fontenelle
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008026:Ligation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult