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Successful TAE after DCS for Active Arterial Bleeding from Blunt Hepatic Injury in a Child: A Case Report
Chan Ik Park, Sang Bong Lee, Kwang Hee Yeo, Seungchan Lee, Sung Jin Park, Ho Hyun Kim, Jae Hun Kim, Chang Won Kim, Chan Yong Park
J Trauma Inj 2016;29(2):47-50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2016.29.2.47
Published online: June 30, 2016
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1Deptartment of Trauma Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea. wkafyddl@hanmail.net
2Department of Intervention Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Received: 14 December 2015   • Revised: 4 February 2016   • Accepted: 24 June 2016
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Transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for blunt hepatic injury in children is not common and is especially rare after damage control surgery (DCS). We report a successful TAE after DCS on a child for massive bleeding from the left hepatic artery due to a motor vehicle accident. The car (a sport utility vehicle) ran over the chest and abdomen of a 4-year-old boy. On arrival, initial vital signs were as follows: blood pressure, 70/40 mmHg; heart rate, 149/min; temperature, 36.7℃; respiratory rate, 38/min. After resuscitation, computed tomography was done, and a suspicious contrast leakage from a branch of the left hepatic artery and a spleen injury (grade V) were found. TAE was performed successfully after DCS for a liver injury.

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