Delayed presentation of a penetrating suprarenal aortic injury: case report. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Death from exsanguination is the immediate outcome in more than 80% of penetrating wounds of the aorta. We report a case in which a gunshot wound to the upper abdomen produced a full-thickness laceration to the diaphragmatic aorta that was missed during the initial exploratory laparotomy. Only 3 days later did the patient develop symptoms of a vascular injury and require reoperation.

publication date

  • January 1, 1993

Research

keywords

  • Aorta, Abdominal
  • Wounds, Gunshot

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0027516256

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00005373-199301000-00029

PubMed ID

  • 8437183

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 34

issue

  • 1