@article{ref1,
title="Blunt traumatic laceration of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava presenting as abdominal pain and shock in a child: a case report",
journal="Journal of trauma",
year="1995",
author="Park, C. S. and Wesselhoeft, C. W.",
volume="38",
number="1",
pages="68-69",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Report of management of blunt, intrapericardial inferior vena caval injury. DESIGN, MATERIALS AND METHODS: A seven-year-old boy, after falling from the back of a motorcycle, had a laceration of the intrapericardial, inferior vena cava with cardiac tamponade. He presented with hypotension and a distended abdomen. There was no evidence of thoracic trauma. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Laparotomy demonstrated a tensely distended liver without intra-abdominal bleeding. Median sternotomy revealed a vena caval laceration, which was repaired. CONCLUSIONS: Increasing abdominal distention with an enlarging liver suggests traumatic laceration to the suprahepatic vena cava. Vascular repair is best accomplished by median sternotomy.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}