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Hemicorporectomy for acute aortic occlusion: a case study
J Abrams1, J Hulbert, R Thompson
1Department of Surgery and Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
The American Surgeon
|August 1, 1992
Hemicorporectomy has been done for potentially curable pelvic malignancy and for intractable pelvic sepsis with bone involvement. In this report, the authors describe the first use of hemicorporectomy to treat ischemic gangrene of the limbs and pelvic soft tissues secondary to acute aortic occlusion.
Hemicorporectomy has been done for potentially curable pelvic malignancy and for intractable pelvic sepsis with bone involvement. In this report, the authors describe the first use of hemicorporectomy to treat ischemic gangrene of the limbs and pelvic soft tissues secondary to acute aortic occlusion.