Stab injury of the superior mesenteric artery with life threatening bleeding - endovascular treatment with an unusual technique

Serdar Demirel; C Winter; B Rapprich; H Weigand; G Gamstätter

doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000041

Stab injury of the superior mesenteric artery with life threatening bleeding - endovascular treatment with an unusual technique

Vasa. 2010 Aug;39(3):268-70. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000041.

Authors

Serdar Demirel¹, C Winter, B Rapprich, H Weigand, G Gamstätter

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ruprecht-Karls University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. derdar.demirel@med.uni-heidelberg.de

PMID: 20737388
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000041

Abstract

Endovascular microcoil embolization of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) main trunk is not currently employed as a treatment for penetrating injury to the SMA in hemodynamically instable patients. Immediate laparotomy is the initial gold standard therapy. We report a case of successful SMA microcoil embolization with preservation of mesenteric perfusion by an unusual endovascular technique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Embolization, Therapeutic* / instrumentation
Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
Hemorrhage / etiology
Hemorrhage / therapy*
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / injuries*
Mesenteric Artery, Superior / physiopathology
Splanchnic Circulation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Wounds, Stab / complications
Wounds, Stab / diagnostic imaging
Wounds, Stab / therapy*