Case report: direct suture repair of inferior vena cava to rescue a stab patient with hepatic and caval injury through left hepatectomy and total vascular exclusion

Abstract Background The mortality of abdominal vena caval injuries is as high as 50–80%. Yet, there were few reports on how to repair injured inferior vena cava (IVC). This report presents a method of vena caval repair in a case of penetrating retrohepatic IVC injury, requiring hepatic resection and...

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Main Authors: Reina Hirooka, Kyoji Ito, Nobuyuki Takemura, Fuminori Mihara, Norihiro Kokudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2021-02-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-021-01139-1
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