Penetrating Abdominal Vena Cava Injuries

Penetrating injuries of the inferior vena cava.

Penetrating injury to the inferior vena cava.

A 21-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT was admitted to the emergency department after a gunshot wound entering the right flank. The patient was in shock, with a blood pressure of 80/40 mmHg, 130 bpm heart rate, and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 10. We calculated an Injury Severity Score of 25 and Revised Trauma Score of 6,171. His breath sounds were normal. His initial base deficit was !12.4. No exit wound was v...

Penetrating abdominal injuries: management controversies

Penetrating abdominal injuries have been traditionally managed by routine laparotomy. New understanding of trajectories, potential for organ injury, and correlation with advanced radiographic imaging has allowed a shift towards non-operative management of appropriate cases. Although a selective approach has been established for stab wounds, the management of abdominal gunshot wounds remains a m...

Penetrating abdominal injuries in an emerging semi-urban teaching hospital

Objective: There has been a worldwide rise in the prevalence of penetrating abdominal injury (PAI), and there are both inter-country and intra-country variations in frequencies. This study evaluates the mechanisms and pattern of penetrating abdominal injuries and the treatment outcome in our center.Methods: This descriptive study of adult patients managed for PAI was conducted at the Ekit...

Abdominal tuberculosis and thrombosis of inferior vena cava: a case report

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease. At the present, about 9 million people are suffering from the disease, and about 3 million people die due to TB and its complications. Abdominal or Gastrointestinal tract TB is the sixth most frequent site of extrapulmonary involvement. Diagnosis of abdominal TB is very difficult since it appears with multiple symptoms. In this study, we de...