Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
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Delayed Presentation of Porta Hepatis Injury Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma
A 73 year old lady developed abdominal pain, anaemia and obstructive jaundice 18 days after a road traffic accident. The jaundice was due to compression of the biliary confluence by a haematoma which was caused by a laceration of the left portal vein. The portal vein was repaired (lateral venorrhaphy) and post-operative recovery was uncomplicated. Porta hepatis injuries are difficult to diagnos...
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عنوان ژورنال: HPB Surgery
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0894-8569
DOI: 10.1155/1997/96710