Inferior Vena Cava Injury In An Elderly Man With Penetrating Abdominal Trauma

Inferior vena cava injury in abdominal trauma is rare but it puts a big problem in front of trauma surgeon.Despite improvements in preoperative care, skills and surgical facilities, inferior vena cava injurymortality rate remains high. The most important factors that play a prominent role in mortality arepresence of shock on admission, anatomic level of vena caval injury or other major vascular and visceralinjuries. In this article we have reported successfully treated a case of the inferior vena cava injury afterpenetrating abdominal trauma in old age man with hemorrhagic shock, survived due to immediatelaparotomy, successful surgical management with team approach and critical postoperative surgicalmanagement without any residual complication.

کلیدواژه ها:

Inferior Vena Cava ، Massive haemoperitoneum ، abdominal trauma ، hemorrhagic shock