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Ann Thorac Surg 1986;41:329-331
© 1986 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Nonoperative Control of Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage Secondary to Placement of an Inferior Vena Cava Occluding Device in a Patient with Recurrent Pulmonary Emboli

Ara K. Pridjian, M.D., Sidney Levitsky, M.D.*, Dimitrios G. Spigos, M.D., Stuart Rich, M.D.

From the Division of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Department of Radiology and Section of Adult Cardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Accepted for publication May 7, 1985.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Levitsky, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois Medical Center, PO Box 6998, Chicago, IL 60680

A woman with multiple recurrent pulmonary emboli and iatrogenic inferior vena cava perforation caused by the Hunter-Sessions introducer was treated successfully by placement of a Hunter-Sessions balloon to control the ensuing retroperitoneal hemorrhage and interrupt the inferior vena cava. Full anticoagulation therapy was continued throughout the operation and postoperatively.






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