Balloon tamponade for bilobar transfixing hepatic gunshot wounds.

Abstract

The nonresectional approach to major liver trauma is clearly preferred. Unfortunately, trachotomy with vessel ligation, selective hepatic arterial ligation, perihepatic pack, and fibrin glue are not viable options with high-energy bilobar liver injuries. We have fashioned a balloon tamponade device that has proved very effective for these transfixing hepatic gunshot wounds.

• Authors: R S Poggetti, E E Moore, F A Moore, M B Mitchell, R A Read
• Journal: The Journal of trauma (J Trauma) Vol. 33 Issue 5 Pg. 694-7 (Nov 1992) ISSN: 0022-5282 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1464918 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Angiography
• Balloon Occlusion
• Catheterization (instrumentation, methods, standards)
• Equipment Design
• Humans
• Liver (injuries)
• Male
• Phlebography
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Treatment Outcome
• Wounds, Gunshot (diagnostic imaging, surgery)