Percutaneous Balloon Catheter Occlusion to Treat Extravasation from an Inferior Vena Cava Laceration Associated With a Pelvic Fracture Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report.

Abstract

Blunt abdominal injury with pelvic fracture is common in polytrauma cases and is a major challenge for emergency physicians. Fluid resuscitation and massive transfusion protocol should be activated when pelvic fracture patients are found in hypovolemic shock. At the emergency department, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta may be performed to temporarily control bleeding. Finally, a damage control operation or trans-arterial embolization may be performed in the hybrid operating room.