D. Marelli et al., DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST FOR BLUNT RETROHEPATIC VENOUS INJURY - A CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 38(4), 1995, pp. 609-611
A case of major blunt hepatic injury requiring liver resection is desc
ribed. An associated retrohepatic vena cava injury could not be repair
ed despite the use of an atriocaval shunt. Deep hypothermic circulator
y arrest was used as a last resort.