Retrohepatic IVC injury: A new treatment approach with arterial stent graft

Johara AlMulhim; Bader AlMutairi; Shahbaz Qazi; Mohammed F Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.046

Retrohepatic IVC injury: A new treatment approach with arterial stent graft

Radiol Case Rep. 2020 Dec 23;16(3):560-563. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.046. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Johara AlMulhim¹, Bader AlMutairi², Shahbaz Qazi², Mohammed F Mohammed²

Affiliations

¹ King Faisal University, Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
² NGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Traumatic injuries to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are rare and among the most dreadful injuries encountered in evaluation of both penetrating and blunt traumatic settings. Clinical outcome of IVC injury is multifactorial with injuries being classically managed surgically. In this report, we present a case of 52 years old male patient with successfully treated blunt retrohepatic IVC injury utilizing arterial stent graft and anticoagulation regime without short-term complications. Evidence based standardized approach for endovascular management of IVC injury is not yet available. We hope that our report can contribute to worldwide procedure and postprocedural anticoagulation standardization.

Keywords: Endovascular repair; Inferior vena cava injury; Stent graft.

Publication types

Case Reports