COMBINED HEPATIC-ABSCESS AND ARTERIAL PSEUDOANEURYSMS FROM BLUNT TRAUMA - A CASE-REPORT AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

Authors
OWINGS JT LENGLE SJ
Citation
Jt. Owings et Sj. Lengle, COMBINED HEPATIC-ABSCESS AND ARTERIAL PSEUDOANEURYSMS FROM BLUNT TRAUMA - A CASE-REPORT AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 38(4), 1995, pp. 634-638
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
634 - 638
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Hepatic abscess is a known complication following packing for massive liver injury. Posttraumatic hepatic arterial pseudoaneurysms are rare. The trend in management in each individual complication has been towa rd minimally invasive techniques. We present a case wherein the two pr ocesses occurred together and were managed safely with a transcatheter approach.