Citation

Odell JA, Shama D, Crause L. J. Trauma 1988; 28(3): 416-417.

Affiliation

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Wentworth Hospital, Durban, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3352002

Abstract

A case is described in which transfixation of the superior vena cava by the retained blade of a knife was the cause of acute caval obstruction. Use of a venous cannula as a stent allowed repair of the caval lacerations.

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