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  • Title: [Treatment of non iatrogenic injury of retrohepatic inferior vena cava].
    Author: Wu Z, Fan J, Qiu S, Zhou J, Tang Z.
    Journal: Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi; 2000 May; 38(5):346-8. PubMed ID: 11832053.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To study a repair method for injured retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) associated with liver trauma. METHODS: Laceration of IVC was sutured bloodlessly after the injured retrohepatic IVC was occluded by compression combined with occlusion of the first hepatic hilus. RESULTS: From April 1996 to January 1999, the injured IVC was successfully repaired in 6 patients. The length of laceration was 2.9 cm (1.5 - 4 cm). The occlusion time was 9.2 min (6 - 15 min) for the IVC and 20.5 min (15 - 29 min) for the first hepatic hilus, respectively. All patients recovered uneventfully, and the IVC was patency without stricture as showed by B-mode ultrasonography and CT. CONCLUSION: The injured retrohepatic IVC can be repaired by direct compression when the laceration of the IVC is caused by liver trauma.
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