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Preoperative percutaneous intraluminal balloon catheter control of major arterial hemorrhage
M Belkin1, R Dunton, H D Crombie
1Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Connecticut.
Preoperative percutaneous balloon catheter control of major arterial hemorrhage is a useful technique when the damaged vessel is difficult or dangerous to expose. We report two cases, one with a gunshot wound to the internal carotid artery and one with a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm, in whom this approach was successfully employed to stop hemorrhage, control shock, and allow a precise, controlled vascular exposure and repair.
Preoperative percutaneous balloon catheter control of major arterial hemorrhage is a useful technique when the damaged vessel is difficult or dangerous to expose. We report two cases, one with a gunshot wound to the internal carotid artery and one with a ruptured splenic artery aneurysm, in whom this approach was successfully employed to stop hemorrhage, control shock, and allow a precise, controlled vascular exposure and repair.