Hepatic capsular avulsion after video-assisted thoracic biopsy of the lung.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.021.
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Abstract
We report a life-threatening subcapsular hepatic hemorrhage after VATS, successfully treated with Gelfoam embolization of the right hepatic artery. The postprocedure course was complicated by infarction of the right hepatic lobe.
Medical subject headings
- Hemorrhage
- Hepatic Artery
- Liver
- Liver Diseases
- Lung
- Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted