Staged Reconstruction of the Inferior Vena Cava After Gunshot Injury

Nathan M. Droz; John K. Bini; Kamran A. Jafree; John H. Matsuura

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.03.005

Staged Reconstruction of the Inferior Vena Cava After Gunshot Injury

Nathan M. Droz, John K. Bini, Kamran A. Jafree, John H. Matsuura

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<p> <p id="x-x-abspara0010"> A 23-year-old man with a gunshot injury to the abdomen and <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/cardiac-arrest" title="Learn more about Cardiac Arrest"> cardiac arrest </a> requiring emergency department <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/thoracotomy" title="Learn more about Thoracotomy"> thoracotomy </a> had a transection of the distal <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/inferior-vena-cava" title="Learn more about Inferior vena cava"> inferior vena cava </a> (IVC) and small bowel injury. Because of persistent hemorrhagic shock, the IVC was ligated. During the next 3 days, he developed worsening bilateral leg <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/edema" title="Learn more about Edema"> edema </a> . He was taken back for <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/surgical-anastomosis" title="Learn more about Surgical anastomosis"> reanastomosis </a> of his small bowel and reconstruction of the IVC using autologous <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/femoral-vein" title="Learn more about Femoral vein"> femoral vein </a> harvested from the right leg. We think that patients requiring <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/ligation" title="Learn more about Ligation"> ligation </a> of the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/venae-cavae" title="Learn more about Venae cavae"> vena cava </a> with worsening leg edema can benefit from a staged reconstruction of the IVC. </p></p>

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	136-138
Journal	Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2017.03.005
State	Published - Sep 1 2017

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