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Control of venous hemorrhage during laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a case report
1Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Journal of Laparoendoscopic Surgery
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
An injury to a side branch of the inferior vena cava (IVC) was incurred during laparoscopic right adrenalectomy. The hemorrhage was controlled with the aid of a laparoscopic balloon retractor, and laparotomy was avoided.