Haemobilia following blunt liver injury. 2012

Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
Grey's and Edendale Hospitals, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. grantandjulia@gmail.com

Blunt liver trauma is commonly managed by non-operative measures. We report a case of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma grade III liver injury and its complications, successfully managed by a combination of minimally invasive interventions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D004322 Drainage The removal of fluids or discharges from the body, such as from a wound, sore, or cavity.
D004621 Embolization, Therapeutic A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage. Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D006431 Hemobilia Hemorrhage in or through the BILIARY TRACT due to trauma, inflammation, CHOLELITHIASIS, vascular disease, or neoplasms. Biliary Tract Hemorrhage,Hemorrhage, Biliary Tract,Biliary Tract Hemorrhages,Hemobilias
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014949 Wounds, Nonpenetrating Injuries caused by impact with a blunt object where there is no penetration of the skin. Blunt Injuries,Injuries, Nonpenetrating,Injuries, Blunt,Nonpenetrating Injuries,Blunt Injury,Injury, Blunt,Injury, Nonpenetrating,Nonpenetrating Injury,Nonpenetrating Wound,Nonpenetrating Wounds,Wound, Nonpenetrating
D017541 Aneurysm, False Not an aneurysm but a well-defined collection of blood and CONNECTIVE TISSUE outside the wall of a blood vessel or the heart. It is the containment of a ruptured blood vessel or heart, such as sealing a rupture of the left ventricle. False aneurysm is formed by organized THROMBUS and HEMATOMA in surrounding tissue. Pseudoaneurysm,False Aneurysm,Aneurysms, False,False Aneurysms,Pseudoaneurysms

Related Publications

Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
January 2004, Injury,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
October 1977, Irish journal of medical science,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
January 2006, HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
December 1981, South African journal of surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir chirurgie,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
May 2023, Cureus,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
January 1959, Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
January 2012, Transplantation proceedings,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
June 2021, ANZ journal of surgery,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
February 2014, Surgery today,
Grant Llewellyn Laing, and D L Clarke, and L Ferndale, and D Reitz, and V Manchev
April 1990, Ugeskrift for laeger,
Copied contents to your clipboard!