Complex abdominal gunshot wound, with lower cava and terminal aorta wounds
A case is reported of a complex abdominal bullet wound, with multivisceral lesions and transfixion wounds of inferior vena cava and terminal aorta. It wassuccessfully managed by ligation of the wounded venous elements and by repairing the two aortic orífices by su...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 1975 |
| País: | Uruguay |
| Recursos: | Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Repositório: | Revista Cirugía del Uruguay |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/2544 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/2544 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | heridas abdominales heridas de bala aorta abdominal abdominal injuries gunshot abdominal aorta |
| Resumo: | A case is reported of a complex abdominal bullet wound, with multivisceral lesions and transfixion wounds of inferior vena cava and terminal aorta. It wassuccessfully managed by ligation of the wounded venous elements and by repairing the two aortic orífices by suture. Attention is called to the enormous immediate vitalrisk involved when the large vessels are affected; to the way for blood volume replacement which should be chosen according to the topography of the wound, nnd to the celerity with which surgical approach must be carried no. |
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